Thank you! :D Yes, that's my beloved Jez, who is now ten. She has an amazingly reflective, lovely coat and, while she wasn't as filthy as she sometimes gets when I took these shots, I think I groomed them _after_ the beach day. (heh. Sometimes, I'm masochistic and groom them all up right before a beach trip so that I can watch my splendidly, exquisitely coiffed pack galloping eye-catchingly in the waves...for ten minutes, before they splash in and roll in the kelp...but usually the grooming day is timed for AFTER the beach trip).

If I didn't like to groom dogs, though, I probably wouldn't have selected these. ;) I love some fluffy fur...