teaching

Today I was at Lucas spraying thistles. It was hot and there's not much water. By the time I got done both dogs were wore out. The cows were at the tanks so I decided to water the dogs in the ditch on the way home. But when I stopped I couldn't get Lucy in the water. I tried to carry her but we couldn't make it. So I stopped at the lake. Now both dogs jumped right in. Claire swam around but Lucy wouldn't go in that deep. I could tell she didn't know how to swim. When Paula got home I said we had to take the dogs to a pond so Lucy could learn to swim. The pond was deep and it took awhile to get Lucy in. Then she jumped in and went completely underwater. Claire wasn't much help, she just woofed at Lucy. Finally I went ob the other side. Claire swam right over and the Lucy started swimming. At first it was very jerky. I told her to smooth her strokes and try not to bob. She listened and by the time we quit she was swimming very well.