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August 5, 2005
Get Over It!
Yesterday I spent four hours in the pool. I did laps, walked, and floated; mainly, I floated. I love feeling the heat of the sun as I lay there going round and round, back and forth. The sky was the bluest I have seen in a long while. There were some white, puffy clouds, but they were scarce.
Before summer arrived, I had already made plans to get Guido in the water. When pool floats showed up at the store, we knew what we were looking for. We needed a float that was hard, so that he couldn’t puncture it with his nails. We ended up finding one at K-Mart.
When I first handed him to Kevin in the water, he naively went. He was a bundle of nerves the entire time, so we let him out. I figured the next time in would be better. Boy was I wrong! He tried to run from me, but I caught the little booger. That experience was about the same as the first time.
To this day, it is still the same: we go out and he tries to run away to no avail. He enjoys and demands being outside while we are out there. There is no way that he would stand being left in the house while we swam. For this reason, we have to get him wet. Today it was above 90 degrees. If I had not put him in the water, he would have been miserable. He thinks the water makes him miserable, but he doesn’t know any better. I still have high hopes that he will get used to it.
Here he is on his float giving that, “What choo lookin’ at?” look:
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Here he is wet and mad looking down at me and giving me that “No way I’m gettin’ back in” look:
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He is SUCH a turd!
Posted by tami at August 5, 2005 10:28 AM
Comments
Poor little turd. LOL We took our dogs to a local swim day last year. They had fun seeing all the dogs but did not care to much for the water. One of our local pools has a dog day before they close. It's a lot of fun.
Posted by: Howie at August 5, 2005 11:08 AM
Oh, the dog swim is the best! We saw everything from a miniature dachshund to a St. Bernard and everything in between, pure breds and mutts alike. This is right after the pool closes for the season, so they've quit adding chlorine. They don't recommend people put their heads below water at the swim, but it's okay to be in the water still. It's a riot!
Posted by: gw at August 8, 2005 1:31 AM