{"id":1628,"date":"2011-11-09T21:09:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T04:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2011-11-09T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T04:58:06","slug":"a-proud-moment-for-doggy-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":"A proud moment for doggy parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been so spoiled this fall with warm weather and I could not be happier with all this sunshine we&#8217;ve been getting.\u00a0 On Oct 23 we took the pup out to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/parks\/pt_isabel\">Point Isabel Regional Park<\/a> in Richmond for some sunshine and, to our great surprise, an open water swim!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"October 2011 102\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-102-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carleigh and I had visited here once with the dogs since it&#8217;s a huge off-leash area that has some of the most amazing views.\u00a0 The night we went the sun was just starting to set and it was incredible seeing the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco city skyline with the sun setting.\u00a0 Beautiful!\u00a0 Since that visit I knew I had to bring Kevin here to check it out for himself.<\/p>\n<p>We went down the rocks a bit to watch some of the dogs that were swimming out in the bay chasing tennis balls.\u00a0 Whenever we&#8217;ve taken Lola out to swim before she would only go as far as she could touch the bottom, she was never comfortable actually swimming.\u00a0 After a few minutes of watching a Labrador retrieve a tennis ball over and over again, Lola slowly started venturing out to the deeper water and eventually made it all the way out!\u00a0 It was definitely one of our proudest dog parent moments.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>At first she would only chase the dog and not even look at the ball.\u00a0 But eventually when the other dogs left for home and we were standing there with a dripping wet tennis ball, Lola begged us to keep throwing the ball and the rest is history!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=puT4lL-22t0\">video <\/a>of Lola on one of her first attempts in the open water (and if you look closely you may see the Golden Gate Bridge and the SF city skyline in the background).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1629\" title=\"October 2011 081\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-081-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-081-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lola&#8217;s that speck in the center of the photo<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1630\" title=\"October 2011 085\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-085-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-085-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-085-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1631\" title=\"October 2011 087\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-087-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-087-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-087-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kevin getting ready to throw the ball<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1633\" title=\"October 2011 098\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-098-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-098-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-098-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin tried to take a photo of her shaking her coat out on the shore:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"October 2011 092\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-092-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1634\" title=\"October 2011 100\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-100-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-100-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-100-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As soon as we got home Kevin plopped that sandy, damp girl in the bathtub for a desperately needed bath:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1636\" title=\"October 2011 103\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-103-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-103-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-103-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1637\" title=\"October 2011 105\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-105-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-105-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-105-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though bath time is not Lola&#8217;s favorite, I&#8217;m sure she thought it was a good price to pay for the open water swim she got that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been so 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