Reese watching a school of fish - and then fall in.

Nice picture, you really captured the moment. Is your dog Reese a lab?

Our dog is always fascinated by the fish tank we have in the house although I've never been able to get ours close enough to a school of fish for something like this. He looks so intrigued.

 

I was going to say he looked a but slimmer than most of the labs I have seen. I'm not much of a dog expert but I think the whole pure bred things is somewhat overrated. Especially when you look at all the new breeds that they are constantly creating and giving new names for.

 

More people need to do that and adopt dogs from shelters, there is no reason why we should have so many animals like that when so many people want pet dogs. On the other hand, I can see why some people would not want to become as emotionally attached to an older dog as the would with a younger one.

 

Thanks for sharing. Very good picture of how a dog being too curious can end up getting dunked. But he certainly looks very interested in the fish behavior. I had a dog years ago that was of the same color and markings of Reese. My dog Amos Moses, loved to climb trees in Florida, and would often climb quite high up in the old live oak trees while chasing squirrels. He never fell out but had some close calls and was smart enough to learn not to go so high up in trees that there was no safe way down.

 

When I was in Florida, my boyfriend's brother had 2 black labs that loved to be near the canal near their home. Whenever my boyfriend crossed the canal in his small boat, (we lived on a island), to go to work, these dogs would jump off the dock onto the very back of his boat to watch the fish and alligators swim by and the two of them often came close to sinking the motor and flooding his small boat. No amount of yelling at them stopped this activity. His brother finally had to pen them up until my boyfriend got back from work and headed home. Some are very smart and others can create problems if not controlled or trained well.

 

True enough! I love dogs and always enjoyed having my dog along when hiking in the woods no matter what the season. I taught my dogs to be respectful of wildlife, not to chase or harm any wild animal. We would often watch deer in the fields and step carefully over or around baby fawns in the forest. Sometimes the little fellow would be laying right next to a log across the path and we would step over them before seeing it lying there. What a treat.
But as you say dogs have a mind of their own and mine would often chase rabbits and once in a while come back with a few porcupine quills in his face for me to pull out. Out of sight good manners are often forgotten for a few minutes.