Mastodawn

I took two pictures of Summer on our walk that might be my new favorites.
I am glad she isn't bothered by my phone in her face. She is a good sport.
I especially love the photo with all paws in the air. Summer is a high flying dog.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Mike McCaffrey 3d ago

@NorcalGma2 You are lucky. My dogs immediately stop doing whatever cute thing whenever I point my phone at them.

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@mikemccaffrey
Summer humors me.

Katherine W 3d ago

In the first picture, she looks as though she is levitating! Both are very good photos.

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@FiddleSix
Thank you. My phone liked the early morning light. We left home earlier than usual.

@NorcalGma2
Always love leaping Summer. 💚

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@amyedge
She my first dog so I don't have much to compare but she launches herself in the air at every opportunity. I don't know if that is a common lab trait or not.

@NorcalGma2
I have a lab/hound/? mix. He is not a jumper. I just love the pictures of her jumping. 💚

@NorcalGma2 @amyedge Labs are rambunctious.

stephaniepixie 🏳️‍🌈3d ago

@NorcalGma2 @amyedge When I was a teen my family had a lab. He was not a jumper. He could swim if his life depended on it but he preferred wading in water so he could have the security of four paws on land at all times 😄

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@stephaniepixie @amyedge
I am constantly amazed that Summer will dive into the water from as high as ten feet and fly through the air with no concern for landing. She loves to swim too. She can clear many of our fences but won't jump them without permission.

stephaniepixie 🏳️‍🌈3d ago

@NorcalGma2 So brave and athletic. Good thing she’s a good listener

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@stephaniepixie
She must have been born with good manners because I know nothing about training dogs. We got her at eight weeks old. I have lots of parenting skills and it really isn't that different.

stephaniepixie 🏳️‍🌈3d ago

@NorcalGma2 Our lab was really smart too but very anxious. No way he would’ve been leaping from any height. He might’ve been mixed (we got him from the local Humane Society and they just said he was a lab) because he was taller than most labs. Big barrel chest and skinny legs.
Not much of a runner. He was heavier than me as a teen and he desperately wanted to be a lap dog 😄

DB Schwein 3d ago

Has Summer been watching Dock Diving competitions? 😁

@stephaniepixie @amyedge

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@deirdrebeth @stephaniepixie @amyedge
I think she could do that if she wanted to.

Ryan The Red 🖥️🚲🍺🏳️‍🌈3d ago

@NorcalGma2 @amyedge This is your first dog? What a gem! Fetching and swimming is standard lab, the high jump not so much.

Norcal Gma 2 3d ago

@redrummy @amyedge
She is our very first attempt at giving a dog a good home. I thing it is working out well for all of us.

Ryan The Red 🖥️🚲🍺🏳️‍🌈3d ago

@NorcalGma2 @amyedge I should say so! <3