This is my favourite Coco photo!

Thank you!

Coco does have the best excuse of all; it's fun! And she gets to do it with her best friend. :)

The other day, I met a neighbor with a dog. I asked him if she were a pit bull, and he replied in the affirmative as said dog went into raptures over a person! a person!

I then observed that some people were quite foolish to be afraid of pit bulls, as she clearly wasn't dangerous, and he said, "Well, she might lick you to death."

Then you have Coco, who's a happy healthy young animal with excess energy and a brain the size of a lime. :)

5 Tips for Tiring Coco Faster:

1. Throw a stick that is bigger than her body. (Hard to do with Coco, but keep in mind it doesn't have to be heavy, just awkward.)
2. Throw the stick into heavy surf. (By heavy I mean waves that are higher than her height. She's a pitbull so she'll brave the ocean.)
3. Throw the stick into the ocean from the top of a steep sand dune. (Running uphill in sand with a stick bigger than her body after crashing through waves to retrieve it makes this a pitbull-worthy challenge. By cooling off in the water Coco will spend less energy on heat dissipation, which means that she'll be GENUINELY tired when she gets tired, and will require a longer recovery time.)
4. Between throws hold stick at chest level or higher, with both hands, and have Coco jump up and grab it, and flop around by her mouth until you're too tired to hold on. (Her massive jaws will require massive bursts of anaerobic energy. Coco's a big dog but you can do it. Yelling "Git some! Git some!" is optional. This will also help you judge how tired she is getting. You don't want to throw the stick far out into the ocean if she can't hang on the stick.)

The above works well with my dog. After 20 minutes of this she needs to rest for at least 5 minutes.

Thank you all! Hark, one of these days I'll have to teach Coco how to swim. Maybe I should tell her to swim softly and fetch a big stick!