A lovely day at the Beach!!!

I had a great day at the beach yesterday with Oscar! I love people on the beach,they don't stop to pet your dog and they don't make a big fuss they just keep on walking,and ignore your dog! Just what i want people to do!
Here is the beach we were at,

I think the cloud in this photo looks like a turtle with rabbit ears!

It was a fairly nice day so that made it even better but it did rain and get darker when we stopped for lunch.

Oscar was very good! He was so good that i let him off the long line for nearly the entire walk,only putting him on the lead when dogs and young children came!! It was like a switch had been flicked in his head and he was on good behaviour mode or something!
Honestly you wouldn't have thought that he was a dog who had trouble with recall! He could be a mile in front of you(obviously i didn't let him get that far) and you could say his name and he would come back to you! Even from other people,new people he had never seen or smelled before in his life! Dogs were his weak spot though,he just couldn't resist trying to engage in play with each dog he saw! But luckilly there weren't to many dogs there!
Here are some shots of oscar,

The first few steps of freedom!

A successful recall! With a lip lick on the side!

Embracing the waters edge!

The recall thing was amazing! I was over the moon,even more than i was with the last breakthrough!
But what i havn't quite decided is good or bad yet is Oscars new fear,Jellyfish!! Yeah,dead jelly fish aparently are very scary! And there we lots yesterday!
He barked at some and the funniest thing was when he sniffed one,jumped back and then growled at it and ran off! It was so funny to watch and he was serious,i know his barks and that wasn't a messing around one!
But by the end of the walk i think he was over his fear,well at least enough to sniff one and actually ignore them when he walked past!

When we stopped for lunch,about an hour and a half into the walk,we had gotten to the 'point' so it was as far as we could go. Anyway,it rained then so we had to seek shelter in a woods behind the beach. Oscar was tied up,i didn't want to lose him in the woods or we would never see him again! So he just sat by the rug,shivering in the rain,

I did offer him my coat,but he wasn't having any of it,he didn't even want to sit on the mat!

I did give him some of my chicken roll,just some chicken but my brother didn't eat all his so i gave him the chicken out of that too.
The actual roll part was for the birds but Oscar came over and sat next to me. I thought to myself that there must be a reason he left that spot over there and i was right,he stole the roll!!  So the birds went without!

Here is just a random picture of the woods from where i was sitting,

On our way back down the beach some seals appeared in the sea. (yes we do have seals in the seas in Ireland!)  So Oscar raced for the seals and then,he hit the water and froze. So there was no seal harassing that day! He did however walk right up to the waters edge and stare at the strange things bobbing in the water(the seals)

Seal in the sea!

Another seal in the sea!

On the hunt!

There were 3 seals in total,but poor Oscar doesn't like water,which was probably better for the seals anyway! But i obviously wouldn't let him harass any seals any day.

I think its time we adress this water issue,but i can't say Oscar was overly happy about it!
The last time we were at the beach he ran into the sea out of shere excitement but he soon discovered that the waves come in  as well as just out! So naturally he wasn't too keen this time but we found some calm water to try out!

Being careful!

At a comfortable depth

Getting deeper and deeper!

Not impressed at all! Just look at his face! Pure disgust!

So maybe the water thing didn't go so well,in the end even cheese couldn't coax him back in and he made a run for it out of the water! And he quickily lead the way to dry land,

 Well he made a stab at in anyway,he did go through the water to get to dry land,when in reality he could have just turned left at any point!

He still stopped and waited for us to catch up every now and then,even when escaping the dreaded water!

The day went well even with a little rain and oscar slept like a log that night too! And after our little water adventure i am in the mood to buy him a swimming pool! Hehehe,he will have no choice then but to swim or to swim!!  I will have to save for it first but the new treat pouch,collar and wood for agility stuff is on the top of my savings pile!

I will leave you with these photos of Oscar posing. Just as he does,he really is a poser!