Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 27, 2019

He can retrieve a drink of water.

All I can add is that my dogs always love to find water in places that are NOT their water bowl! Puddles, water in patio chairs, water in holes that they have dug in the yard.

I hope it’s good vibrations.

He’s out of luck if he seeks a duck; retrieving a bird in the shallows here would be quite absurd!

Don’t let him back into the house just yet.

Young retrievers can’t always tell the difference between vibrations from the deepest part of their_genetics…_

And the ones from the deepest place those few bites of found bologna went inside their guts.

Nor have they quite learned how to tell which bits of lunch meat on the sidewalk have been there just that one extra hour too many, on a hot day.

I’m sure Poco is instinctively drawn to water…. that part I’m not denying.

I just think he should stay outside till all possible sources of vibrations have been accounted for…

and hopefully settled down.

Just don’t let him dive in head first. That could hurt.

It’s lots of fun to see retrievers be a bit afraid of water at first, but then gain their confidence over the course of a day. It helps to have other dogs in there, especially if they’re chasing toys.

“softly, softly bite…”

Watch our for the crocs.

Gas? Must have been that dead skunk he nibbled on.

And the vibration becomes a rumble, and the rumble becomes an urge, and the urge becomes… oh, my ears and whiskers, that’s disgusting!

Perhaps a rather dense duck will mistake it for a deeper pond.

Having been owned by a golden retriever, I totally agree with this cartoon. Mud puddles, the creek on my property line, the lake at my brother’s home, and the ocean at my mom’s home. Obviously, Molly had one of the most awesome lives ever for the water obsessed.

Soon he’ll be shaking like a bowl of Jello!

That is one fat retriever! Must be carrying extra flotation.

Go find a fire hydrant to relieve your vibration, little doggy.

I have a 3 year old golden retriever and an in ground pool.The closest he will go is, on a hot day, to the top step so the water just touches his belly.Runs from the hose. Won’t go under the sprinkler. Tolerates a bath.If you carry him into the water he swims straight out.Maybe his parents were scared by a rainstorm???