It is finally the hot and humid summer that us mid-westerners know and are familiar with. Now that Henri has gone swimming and enjoyed wading into the water, I took this opportunity to fill up the kiddie pool. Henri got a new ball in his BarkBox this week. It bounces on water. I thought maybe he would enjoy playing with it on a hot summers day.
No such luck. He did paw at the water in an attempt to will the ball closer to him without having to run all the way around the pool, but that was about as much as he was going to do. He tried to gently grab the fabric of the ball to lift it out of the water, but that wasn't working the best. He eventually submerged his nose to get a better grip on the ball, but only if he had to.
At least he was stimulated, trying to figure out how to get the ball without going in the water. He did play for about a half an hour. I thought about putting his life vest on him, just to see if that made a difference to him since it seemed to make a little difference when he went swimming. I gave up instead. Maybe we'll just go backwards; go big to small. If you learn to love the lake, then maybe you'll love the pool. Maybe you'll eventually even love the sprinkler.
What a strange boy he is.
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