After the swim

Watching Jake's accelerating decline is breaking my heart day by day. In the last week or so, he's taken to stealing my socks and carrying them off. Something he hasn't done for years.

We were able to take a slightly longer walk than usual last night, and he wasn't as sore this morning as I feared. But still, he did have more trouble getting into the car than usual. Almost didn't want to try.

Yesterday we did more sniffing around 7 Trees Pond than swimming in it. Same last Friday at Linconville Beach. Same today, but for the first time I saw him really struggling in the water. He got water in his ear and may have swallowed some water, so that may have been the cause. But for the first time he dropped the frisbee. He was able to get it back and make it back. But his last 2 swims, I waded in ready to go in after him if necessary. Still, sniffing around makes him happy, so there is that.

He's napping in the sun now.

And for good measure, our first selfies. It's about freakin' time!