Atlas the Wonder Dog!

Yesterday the pool was closed to people and open to dogs. My wife signed Atlas up. He loved it. He loved the water and just jumped right in after one of the balls the Matt threw. There were also dozens of balls that other dogs left and sometimes he had a problem deciding which one he wanted. Sometimes he would get 2 of them in his mouth. This photo doesn't do the setting justice. There were dogs everywhere and most were in the shallow end. There were a bunch of dogs that were just running around in a pack. The staff tried to break them up because they could run into problems running into people running on the cement.
I sat outside the fence and watched and was very entertained. It was a good thing Atlas had on the distinctive collar because there were so many black labs it would've been hard to figure out which one he was. There were a bunch of golden retrievers that wouldn't get in the water. One of them is running around the pool and was as dry as could be. Another one this lady kept trying to shove it into the water and it did not want to go but she finally got in the water. It got right out. I thought she was in a fall it trying to do that.
In today's newspaper, Cedar Rapids Gazette, there was a photo of Atlas similar to this one. Now he is a celebrity! It was sure an enjoyable event.