Vizslas and Boats

The weather, just 30 miles east of Walnut Creek, out in the middle of the California Delta was great today.

Breakfast at the Pirate's Lair Cafe and Marina is always a wonderful way to start a Sunday.

After breakfast, we launched our boat and headed out into the heart of the Delta.

After about 30 minutes of cruising up the rivers to the northeast of where we started, we came across this little beach at the head of a small slough.

Chloe loves swimming and retrieving her ball.  No matter where a ball is thrown, Chloe is going to get it.  She swam for more than an hour.  In the video, she swims against a good current.

  

She shakes with desire when I get ready to throw the ball.

After about two hours we headed home.  Chloe takes on the role:

Dog is my co-pilot.

She was tired after such a fun time.  If she missed her brother Bailey, you wouldn't have been able to tell on this day.

Princess Chloe meets Queen Ruby

This last weekend Chloe came along to the field trial. I ran into Vickie and Randy at the event, who were Chloe's breeders. It was Friday late afternoon and the evening was quiet.

Chloe had not seen her mother, Ruby, in well over a year.

I found it very interesting when they did meet. Chloe just rolled on her back and instantly became extremely submissive. Chloe remembered, right then and there, that she was Ruby's pup.

Chloe is almost 3 years old now and has only seen Ruby maybe 4 times in over 2 years.

Chloe has never acted submissive in this way with any other dog - EVER. But there she was, acting like a newborn pup.

Vickie, Ruby's owner and Chloe's breeder, said that Ruby does the same thing with her mom, Bonnie. Ruby is a little over 9 and Bonnie is over 13.

I thought it was fantastic to watch. Another new thing about dogs I would never have thought.

The mother / daughter bond is extremely strong.

Joanie and Vickie enjoyed visiting. The 4 girls had a good time in the Delta sunshine. Chloe and Ruby look very much alike. Beautiful girls. The dogs are good looking also.