hi everybody! mom finally is gonna let me show you how much i enjoyed meeting the ocean. you already know that i loves my water, but this was so cool! i could see the water from the yard of the place we were staying (and why we went there i am not really sure because it wasn't like the motels we stay in when we go to the cabin) and i was really excited to find out more about all that water. i could barely contain myself.

we finally went out on the what they called the "beach" and andy did the honors of letting me off my leash. (and by the way, andy is a really cool guy and i liked him a lot.)

yippee! i made a run for it!!!!

i just went right in and didn't hesitate.

look at me … i'm an ocean dog!

 the waves didn't bother me one bit but they were kinda funny …

i had a big smile on my face!

a girl's gotta dry off somehow!

hailey and alex couldn't figure out why i was in there.

we tried to drink it like we do the lake water but it tasted yucky.

hailey got her feet wet but alex wouldn't go near it and i thought he was a weenie.

 daddy took a video of me and you can watch me in action right here: 

i liked the ocean A LOT and i hope i get to go back again someday.

yours truly,

bella the bernese ocean dog

Hi Bella.  I saw the video of you when your Dad posted it on Facebook!  So glad you had fun in the ocean.

hi auntie c. i had lots of fun. you might have seen the video on facebook but you didn’t see the pics before, right? ~b

Go Bella! Ride, ride, ride the wild surf!!!

Cuz Bella, we thinks yuz are surfalific!!  We nose that bulldogs ride surfboards, but we doosen’t.  Good for yuz for ridings the waveses. Yuz makes canines proudest.

Luv,

Cuzes Lucy and Sookie

Oh Bella, you looked like you were having such fun out there! 

All of our dogs…our Labradors that are rumored to adore water have refused to go in the ocean, or the lake, even the rain is pretty iffy. (In Seattle of all places!)  I guess they think they are mountain dogs like Alex.

It’s so funny how Bella jumped right in, but Alex and Hailey steered clear! Dogs are such individuals. All animals are, I suppose.

Bigsis, she’s funny, isn’t she? She really was surfing at one point.

Cuzes Lucy and Sookie, thank you! ~b

Susan, I can’t believe your Labs didn’t like the water. How funny! We’ve only had one other Bernese that liked the water, the rest can’t be bothered.

Steve, Oh, yes, they are all different with distinct personalities.