It's like Baywatch only not really
Last night I decided that I was going to bring 2 of the dogs to the lake after dinner since it was like 200 degrees out it seemed like a good idea. I pulled into the parking lot and there were only 2 other cars there so it seemed a perfect night at the lake was to be had. We walked down to the beach, well i walked & Jamaica & Lazarus pulled and there was not a soul in sight.
When we hit the sand & I made sure that we were a good distance from the 2 fisherman I took the dogs off their leashes & let them run. Jamaica bolted straight for the water honest to God if you had seen her you would have thought the water was made out of steak or something. Lazarus has never really been swimming so he followed behind her slightly reserved. After a few minutes he got the hang of this swimming thing so I decided it was time to toss the tennis ball since Jamaica was jonesing to retrieve something from the water.
So I go into my bag & grab the tennis ball & toss it gently into the shallow water. The two dogs tore off after it. Jamaica of course got to it first & snatched it up. Laz apparently missed that Jamaica beat him to the ball and when he reached where the ball hit the water. . .he dove UNDER water and STAYED there.
I of course did what any concerned parent would have done. . .went in after him. When he popped his head up & started swimming back to me like "Hey Ma isn't this water stuff cool." the two fisherman started hysterically laughing. I of course turned bright red looked at my soaked stupid dog & started laughing.
At that very moment something caught Laz's eye & he swam off to the buoy line. He then tried to wrestle one of the buoys off the line & back to shore. After he splashed and dove and splashed some more I swam out to him & got him to follow me back to shore. Then I put him back on his leash.
The two fisherman gave us both a standing ovation and asked me if I would bring Laz back next week. Apparently they have not had that much fun fishing on a Sunday night since the couple went skinny dipping a few years ago. Then they offered me a beer & I told them I would be back next week.
When we hit the sand & I made sure that we were a good distance from the 2 fisherman I took the dogs off their leashes & let them run. Jamaica bolted straight for the water honest to God if you had seen her you would have thought the water was made out of steak or something. Lazarus has never really been swimming so he followed behind her slightly reserved. After a few minutes he got the hang of this swimming thing so I decided it was time to toss the tennis ball since Jamaica was jonesing to retrieve something from the water.
So I go into my bag & grab the tennis ball & toss it gently into the shallow water. The two dogs tore off after it. Jamaica of course got to it first & snatched it up. Laz apparently missed that Jamaica beat him to the ball and when he reached where the ball hit the water. . .he dove UNDER water and STAYED there.
I of course did what any concerned parent would have done. . .went in after him. When he popped his head up & started swimming back to me like "Hey Ma isn't this water stuff cool." the two fisherman started hysterically laughing. I of course turned bright red looked at my soaked stupid dog & started laughing.
At that very moment something caught Laz's eye & he swam off to the buoy line. He then tried to wrestle one of the buoys off the line & back to shore. After he splashed and dove and splashed some more I swam out to him & got him to follow me back to shore. Then I put him back on his leash.
The two fisherman gave us both a standing ovation and asked me if I would bring Laz back next week. Apparently they have not had that much fun fishing on a Sunday night since the couple went skinny dipping a few years ago. Then they offered me a beer & I told them I would be back next week.
Posted by Just Mel at 2:06 PM
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