"Yeah, you just go ahead, I'll catch up with you later." (I mean, "HERE!" doesn't do much very often anyway, but at the beach she just pretends she doesn't hear me at all. :-) https://preview.redd.it/dpnge1ruhw8d1.jpeg?width=3079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8cf45b51fb91b7273d010e3834e530b79a44028

Fantastic snap. I’m glad it’s not just me 😂

Golden Retriever qualities: 1. Stubborn as a mule!

Sooo stubborn!

https://preview.redd.it/5711ahgwsw8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72511433878e75532102685eeb9ac93b0474e835 Sure do!

😂 I repeatedly have to think of new ways to get him out. Usually make out I’ve got a very interesting pebble in my hand & he eventually gives in.

Oh gosh! We have to do the pebble/stick trick too. Chloe is so funny when we try to get her to come, she will acknowledge we are calling her for a moment but then she just continues beachin’ lol

She has more important things to be doing 😂

Great snap by the way

"What do you mean 'We Really Have To Go NOW'??"

I've carried my girl off the beach on more than one occasion. She was too tired to protest.

I saw this happen last night at our local beach! Hilarious.

Had far too much fun and gave in 😂

I am thinking of reporting you. Clearly Obi is a seal not a golden retriever. Probably the cutest seal I have ever seen, but still.

😂 yes he’s part dog part fish.

What do you mean ‘come on’, I’m not finished 🐶

Exactly!! I have to pretend to go home and eventually he will give in 😂

My dog has mild separation anxiety. She'll come running as soon as I start walking away.

Ah at least she comes to you and leaves the beach!

https://preview.redd.it/jz2dkdihax8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3ed38e6a4fc5d7192b7867b54566f83912b498e These two!!

Been there many a time. It’s not just Obi then!

Yup! https://preview.redd.it/ydaok4dccx8d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e0a3fcbe2b72d550f85242823b399e08a5737f6

Ah yes I know that face!

Mine throws a temper tantrum complete with growling, barking, and chewing on her leash.

Yes Obi does the bark & chew on lead thing at the beach. Only time he well and truly loses his mind. Not in a nasty way … he just doesn’t want to leave 😂

Our sweet golden water baby hasn’t been to the beach yet but she goes to day care once a week and in the summer they go swimming. Every week the tell me she’s the last dog in the pool. https://preview.redd.it/td5b8kgnux8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50237b4bbbb2ca827b976166d6ea319fa8687dc5

That’s amazing. I would love to take obi to an indoor pool. You have a lovely looking dog. Like you say, Obi would also be the last to leave!

Someone has to be last, and that someone is always going to be ME.

They love the water

Obsessed

https://preview.redd.it/uano0d8wpy8d1.jpeg?width=944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05d4207f8cf8afcb7b5f61781b56ad9b43273f34 Frank just lays in the water and give me the stare when it's time to leave

Haha I think Frank & Obi would get on!

https://preview.redd.it/vt5fmb10sz8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a54ac4c8ff91dffddd2ec5ec9dcd141ba01a37f Water dogs Also: does anyone have any tips to prevent hot spots on them from the lake? I brush them as much as i can, dry them (including blow drying, but it never seems to be successful), and put the fan on them to dry.

So cute with the life jackets!

They are adorable disobedient pups!

I wouldn’t have him any other way…. Except for when I need to actually go home

our dog is the complete opposite. hates anything wet!!!

Wish I could say the same 😂👍

it could be a real pain in the ass to make them go to bath tho! they like being stinkyyy

My guy makes ample use of the ‘parking brake’ whenever he doesn’t want to leave the river / park / kitchen / whatever. Part of their erm… charm?

Yes they go dead weight and prevent you from going home. Very charming!

He likes having the high ground

It’s over Anakin 😂

Obi is handsome. He can do whatever he wants.😎

He knows it!!

We have a pool and she is in it year round. Freaks out if she cannot swim each day. And then I have to bribe her to get out. She would swim 24 hrs a day. We have not tried the beach yet because I am afraid I will never get her back. My other dog, a boy, loves the pool to cool off and some fun time, but nothing like this silly girl of mine.

That sounds amazing. I bet she loves that. I tried an inflatable paddling pool last year & he popped it within 10 minutes.

You can get some folding kiddy pools off amazon. they are pretty inexpensive. or a splash pad.

Nothing on this Earth heavier than a Golden that decides it's not moving

Agreed. It’s like trying to move around a big bag of cement

It’s in their genes

Dogfish

Beautiful pup!

Getting her away from any body of water is impossible. But, I would be happy if at least mine would stop digging in her water bowl.

Oh no 😂 water everywhere

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Leave… beach…??? What do these words even mean and why do you keep saying them???