Chris and I adopted Sadie, a mixed puppy, last December when she and her litter were dropped off during the coldest night on the door step of the Human Society. Turns out that she loves water. Sadie jumps up when we water the garden to playfully bite the spray. She loves to dance in the sprinkler. So Chris and I wondered how well she would behave on a kayak trip.
Juniper Creek is a friendly little creek with shallow water and lots of sandbars. Sadie had fun right from the beginning prancing in the water at the put-in.
We put Sadie on my Hobie at first. Early on she fell off twice as she explored her limits on the boat. I pulled her back onboard. We stopped often so she could cool off in the water. She switched boats, rode with Chris for a ways and then got back on my boat.
Along the way we saw lots of trees down from the erosion of recent floods. None blocked the river though. We did see one snake swimming upstream under water and Chris was not happy about that even though he kept swimming as we passed.
We might take Sadie again but the trips need to be short.
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