Fort Funston Adventure!

We decided to take Hinckley on an adventure today, so around 3pm we headed up north to Fort Funston. You may recall that we brought him up there a few months ago when our friend Lindsay was in town and he was just a wee pup - we tried to take him swimming but he wasn't super thrilled about it. Seems as though he is still a bit timid about the water, but this time we tried letting him off leash and he just went wild.

I was worried that we'd have trouble getting him back, since we haven't really been able to practice off leash near other dogs so much - the park near my house is leash-on. And it was a bit challenging, but on the beach down there, it's not as though he can get "away" or anywhere near cars or anything, so we were able to chase him down and bribe him back with treats.

One sad moment - while Hinck was playing with some new friends another pup found his chicken toy...and stole it...and ate it. So chicken toy is kind of no more. I'm thinking maybe with some clever seamstressing I can turn it into a new toy, but we'll see.

Last but not least, some pics! You may notice that Hinckley is wearing a new collar - its the one I bought in Newport, RI right after I found out he had been born with his brothers and sisters. It features sailboats and makes him look very handsome. In fact, we got several comments about how pretty he is. Go Hinckley!

Hinck checks out the ocean waves

My favorite boys :)

Hinck made plenty of new friends...
mainly by chasing them around until he got too tired

Though we put a dish down, Hinck seemed pretty intent on drinking salt water.
Not the greatest idea, Hinck.
We'll probably be seeing evidence of that later - yuck.

I told Hinckley that when we're on the beach he can dig all he wants.
He took it to heart.