More: OUR DOG GUS LOVED TO SWIM AND HIS GREATEST HAPPINESS WAS RETRIEVING...ANYTHING! I COULD NOT COUNT THE THOUSANDS OF TIMES I THREW SOMETHING IN OUR POND....STICKS, BALLS, DECOYS....AND GUS ALWAYS WOULD GLEEFULLY JUMP IN AND BRING IT BACK TO ME...IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES FOR GUS AND ME!