To Tanjong Beach We Went!

Had to stop by Tanjong Beach in the new year. It isn't inaccessible to us; in fact, it's pretty near. But I rarely take Choya to Tanjong Beach because I'm lazy. There, I said it. Also, she isn't into swimming in the sea, so that there isn't a pressing reason for me to frequent the area. But this year, I'm going to make it a point to take her there more often. Not to swim, but for her to be able to run freely off-leash on a relatively clean beach. Her recall is steady, and she's sticky to me now, so it isn't an issue to let her run off leash here on week days.

Made a beach date with Ryo and Tomo on a not crowded Monday morning. It was serendipitous that we ran into Truffles, Pita and Freckles too. The dogs had a fun time together. Tomo was beyond THRILLED. The silly boy! He totally entertained himself running up and down the beach, swimming and saying hello to every dog around. He's quite the social butterfly. Ryo decided that every other floof on the beach was okay except for this overenthusiastic Jack Russell. Hurhurhur. He had some fun chilling out and swimming too. 

Ryo's mama was so sweet. She brought along her body board for Choya. So I plonked her up there and off we went into the water. It was Choya's first time on a body board. She could balance of course. She does balancing drills at home anyway on silicone balls and plates to exercise her hind legs. 

I don't know what she thought of being 'on' the water in this manner. Hahaha. She wasn't keen on going across to the small strip of beach. So we simply stayed in the water. At some point, she decided she had enough. She jumped off the board and made a beeline to shore like a champ. She literally sprinted back. The life vest gave her extra buoyancy or something and she used that to her advantage. Smol Girl can swim, and she's an excellent swimmer. 

Of course Choya wasn't interested in socializing after the first few sprints with the floofs. She strolled around and sniffed the air. She found a shady corner in the sand, dug a hole and plonked herself in it, and snoozed. #winning I watched her closely to make sure that she didn't ingest sea water or lick too much sand off of her paws or her body. Both are bad news to her GI tract. You do not want to have to end up being at the vet clinic two days after a fun beach outing. 

It was such lovely weather this morning. Cloudy and breezy, and the sun broke through at times. All of us could feel the weather patterns shift, and it's heating up, and we want to enjoy the last bits of a cooler Singapore before it all goes away next week. When you live in a small apartment and you have a dog who loves the outdoors and toilets on grass, you become very sensitive to weather patterns and learn to decipher the NEA weather map. LOL

2.5 hours at the beach simply flew by. I totally enjoyed myself too! Well, that's also because I was all covered up in a UV rash guard, sunglasses and a sun hat, plus a ton of sunblock slathered on the face and on the body. It was so very good catching up with like-minded friends and fellow dog-mamas.