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A couple weekends ago, Leo joined us while fishing off the
dock and he loved every second of it, except for the dock itself. It was Leo’s
first time on a dock and he was very unsteady at first. He was walking around
with his legs spread large as if he was walking on ice.
After he realized he wouldn’t fall through the cracks, he
was overjoyed to be near the water. He spent a lot of time looking over the
edge, probably building up the courage to jump in. I have no doubt that if I
threw a ball into the water, he would’ve jumped in ideal after it. Watching
Leo’s fascination of the dock and the water made fishing much a lot more eventful.
Leo was also very interested in trying to eat the bait, so
we had to make sure to keep him away from the bait and hooks. We also had to
make sure to get hold of onto him when casting the line because a twinkle in his eye
told me he wanted to go after that bait for himself.
Leo’s favorite part about fishing was, of course, the fish!
As soon as we caught one and started reeling it in, Leo would jump up and look
in the water for what was coming. As soon as we got the fish out Leo was front
and center trying to sniff the fish, which made taking it off the hook much
more tough because the fish wouldn’t stop moving. We didn’t let him get close
to the fish because we didn’t want him to get hurt, so he wasn’t delighted about
it. He also wasn’t delighted that we threw the fish back in the water, but he was a
good kid and didn’t jump in after it.