The Dog’s World

The weather was finally starting to get warm and we were aching to get outside. We woke up on a Saturday to a beautiful sunny day. We decided this was a perfect day to let Maya use her new Pet Flotation Device (PFD) which is also known as a life jacket. We bought her the life vest a month or so prior to this because we have a Family Reunion coming up and wanted to take her in the boat with us. She has never been in a boat before and we were worried that as much as she loves water, she might try to jump out. So, for her safety, we bought her the life vest. She looks adorable in it. And it even has a handy handle for lifting her back in the boat. But that is a different story. I am getting side tracked. Back to Horseshoe Lake.

Horseshoe Lake is not far from our house so we loaded up some drinking water, towels, toys, the life vest and the dogs and headed out. There is an island at Horseshoe Lake that you can walk across a dam to. It turns out that there was no one out on the island (which was surprising since it was such a nice day). We were able to let the dogs off their leashes and take a nice hike around the island. Along the way, Maya decided to rub her face on a snake. Let me explain something about Maya (I think this is true for most dogs). Any time she finds anything disgusting or smelly, she will immediately lay down and rub her face and neck in it and then roll on it. So on this occasion, she found a snake. I am assuming it smelled bad, or maybe just different, and she decided she HAD to have that smell on her face. So she proceeded to rub her face and neck on the snake. We were right there when she decided to do this so we yanked her away immediately. Turns out, the snake was not dead. It was just sunning itself. We are very lucky we were there and the snake was too dazed to attack.

After that little adventure, we found a nice secluded area to let the dogs swim. We put Maya’s life vest on her and threw a stick in the water and she was off. She didn’t even seem to notice the vest on. We could tell that it was much easier for her to swim and keep her head above water though. When she chases sticks in the water, she sometimes has trouble keeping her head above water enough to keep water out of her mouth. With the life vest on, she had no problems. Her and Toby played for a long time, chasing sticks, tug o war, chasing me. It was a great time. Maya was so tired by the time we left, she curled up in my lap and slept all the way home. Not the most comfortable for me while I am driving, but what can I say? She is spoiled.

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