The blessing and the curse of being a dog is that they always have to live in the moment. Each trip outside is an adventure with limitless possibilities and each time we leave home without them is a seeming eternity of waiting until we return.
Sometimes when I think about what Eko and I should do, I’ll think to myself, “Nah, we shouldn’t do [X], we did that a couple weeks ago.” What I forget is that two weeks for a dog might as well be two thousand years. Although we visited Montrose Beach less than a month ago, I felt Eko had waited lifetimes to get back to Chicago’s best dog beach.
“Montrose, I’ve missed you.”
The best part about watching Eko romp is that he acts like every visit to the beach is both his first and his last. That attitude is definitely contagious!
Eko and his lab buddy had a ball
It’s a shame Baywatch is no longer on air – Eko would be a perfect castmember
How do you like Eko’s new trick? I’m teaching him to walk on water
It wasn’t easy but I eventually corralled Eko
Summer is fading, but we will definitely make a few more trips before the cold weather hits. Today was a good reminder that I should always treat every trip, adventure and day like it’s my first and my last. Thankfully I have a dog like Eko who sticks around to help teach me this stuff!
Rhodesians’ definitely love to have fun!
They DO teach us so much, don’t they?
Love the photos! And you can’t beat a dog’s philosophy on life!
Big WOOFS from Solo
Thanks, nothing makes me smile quite like Eko romping at the beach. Dog, philosopher, he does it all!
That is a great analogy. We should all live more like dogs, in the moment. Great post
It looks like you two had an awesome day. Yea!
Yah yah, pets do have away of living in the moment, I need to remember that too. I love those photo’s especially the one with the Lab, cause it’s happiness to the enth degree!
That lab’s smile is my favorite part of the photo. Who but a lab would be so happy that someone (not mentioning any names…) stole their ball?
true that!
Arri wants you to tell Eko that she is so jealous of his beach adventure! Arri says at least she got to explore downtown Coffeyville, Kansas today…her home for the next 3 1/2 months while her parents attend to their work camper jobs at Amazon.
I’ll have to agree with Arri, we didn’t see too many beaches on our trip to Kansas, but at least she has all that wide open space! Hope she enjoys it while you guys are there – thanks for checking in.
watching the two of you together makes me soooo happy!
I think Eko would show Pamela Anderson up
I’m with you – Eko would look dashing in a red speedo