To the Beach!

I've been delaying the post of Kumo's first beach trip so that I could edit all the video clips and post them together, but it's taking too long. (Not to mention I got a little bored with it).

Kumo's first impression of the beach was great! He ran around crazily, digging madly here and there in the sand. The wind kicked up a lot of loose, dry kelp pieces and made fun chasing games for him too.

He did a lot of "deep sniffing" with his nose in the sand, which was both funny and sort of weird.

 Kumo doesn't like water.. In fact, he will go out of his way to avoid water. The ocean experience was no different. He would run up and down the shore with us while the waves receded, but as soon as the waves started to roll back in, he was up on dry ground in a flash! Even after watching some Labrador Retrievers bound into the water for their favorite toy, Kumo wasn't convinced that getting wet was worth any trouble. Guess we won't be playing fetch in the water.. Positive side is we won't have to worry about Kumo getting carried out to sea.

Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig!

Kumo helped us dig up sand for sand sculptures like when we went to the snow. And just like before he was only helpful up until he started digging INTO our sculptures.

Kumo transforming into a SEA MONSTER!!!

Kumo was surprisingly patient with us while we tried to attach eight tentacles to his body.

The force is strong with you, young Obi-wan-Kumo-bi!

 He's actually pretty chill for a puppy. We were probably sculpting for a good twenty minutes and he just put up with it. On our trip, we confirmed that he does not like sleeping in unfamiliar places. He seemed to refuse to sleep in the hotel we stayed at and only slept in the car during rides.