[pyrnet] Pico meets the Atlantic Ocean

[EFPico@gateway.net]

    Last weekend Pico went on a weekend trip to the shore, the Rhode Island 
shore to be precise, accompanied by his driver/walker/esteemed purveyor of 
food, me. He attracted the usual amount of interest on our walk to the beach, 
the usual 20 questions, the stares, cars stopping on the road, that sort of 
thing and took it all in stride. 
    Then we hit the beach and he went wild.  Running up and down in the sand, 
jumping in the series of foxholes kids are driven to dig, flipping seaweed up 
in the air with his nose, trying to climb the lifeguard chairs, etc. When we 
got down to the surf, he was ecstatic. Here was water that wanted to play 
with him! He chased it. It chased him back. He barked. It roared. He lapped 
up about a gallon of seawater and ended up with seafoam on his gumdrop nose. 
I laughed so hard, I had to sit down. 
    All in all, I don't know who had a better time, him or me (or the people 
on the beach watching him). Two questions came to mind while I was watching 
him. One, Is snarfing up all that seawater going to hurt him? He did get 
plenty of water before and after the walk. Two, does he have to be bathed 
after these trips? Any info is welcome.

Elaine and Pico (when are we going back to the beach Mom?)