We finally had a nice stretch of weather to enjoy a bit of time out on the water. Nico was very excited to retrieve in the water. We stopped two times over the course of the afternoon to let him get a bunch of swimming in. We also had a big win in that he will now swim to the back of the boat to get back in. Previously, I would have to pick him up and put him back in the boat. We’re still working on getting him comfortable with jumping off the boat, though we aren’t quite there yet.

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