Hi Karen!
It's so good of you to keep an eye on this board and to remember Annie and me. We have gone to the beach three times this summer and, unlike Forrest, Annie loves it!!! She loves the smells and we are lucky enough to go to a private beach where she she can run free.
The first time she put her nose down on the shoreline and headed north--she would probably still be going that way had I not turned her around!!!! Annie doesn't mind the water at all--which is a good thing as she near drowned herself while stopping to pee. It still takes forever-- and while standing there, the sand was being washed away beneath her feet and the wave was crashing over her head--but it was a grand time for us all!!!!
She pees and walks and walks and pees and occasionally howls just for the shear joy of it. I am so grateful for all the time I have with her.
You sound well and I am glad that is so.
All the best to you!
Marty