Bella is still practicing her laps in the water, and it's been really fun to see her become excited now when she knows she can swim.
The last several times we were at the pool, she jumped right in with little hesitation. Even when her big doggy friends jump in and make big splashes, she's a lot more comfortable going right in with them.
Sometimes when we're preoccupied with talking and don't notice that she's dropped the ball by our feet for the next pool dunking, she'll whisk the ball away again, run around the pool, drop it in the water on the side, and run back around to the stairs to jump in.
At least she'll entertain herself if need be.
She's comfortable enough now that she'll get in on command even without the ball luring her.
Bella has now adopted the nickname of "Black and White Ops" because of the silent and stealthy way she swims up to the ball. That's my special agent!
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