6 Month Pups come home for a swim with Mum

We had a wonderful day last Sunday when Jake, Ben and Elwood came to visit and Andy and friends donned their wetsuits and took each of them out for a swim.

It was fantastic to see the pups. We haven't seen Jake or Ben since they left us and I have to say I had to fight back the tears when I first met them. It is really odd, but I am sure they remember us, they both gave myself and Andy such a wonderful welcome. It was just great. All the boys look so alike, there is so little to choose between them. It was a good job they all had their collars on or we would have all ended up with the wrong dogs.

We saw Elwood on our visit to Cullercoats earlier this year and he and Nemo were very quick to re establish their friendship - to the exclusion of all others. The two of them just played and played all day and long into the evening. The pair of them were exhausted on the Sunday - Nemo slept the whole day, we had to drag him out to the toilet - literally.

The swim was great. Although some enjoyed it more than the others they all swam, even if it was just to the shore.

Our friends Mischelle, Nige and Shaney also came along with the beautiful Bailey to join in the fun. Bailey is just 5 weeks older than our litter and already a confident swimmer. It was fantastic to see him take to the water with Jess.

Jess rescuing the stick, accompanied by Bailey

Molly, Jess and a couple of the boys have a paddle

Bailey and one of our litter - not sure which one

This might be Nemo or Ben or Elwood or Jake.....

Nige, Ade and Andy

And shake!!!

Elwood takes to the water

Molly and Nige keep a close eye on Nemo

Bailey comes back to land for a rest

Molly might be old but she still loves swimming but never gets her hair wet!

Jake's first swim

Not quite got it but he did really well for the first time

Ben really isn't too happy and takes a lot of encouragement

Whilst Nemo and Elwood run about trying to get all the spectators wet

And as you can see, there were quite a few of us

Jess and Bailey just keep on swimming

Nemo gets back in the water to find his Mum

But she is not giving that stick up for anyone

Ben calms down and finally has a swim

Bless him!

And Jess just shows them all how it is done

After the swim it was back to our house for a BBQ and luckily the weather managed to stay fine for us.