Once a woman approached from some way off when Jasper was at full stretch vertically with his front paws up a tree looking at a squirrel which had just taken refuge. When she got to us she said she thought it was a naked man, 'bits' and all (or in Jasper's case just 'bit'), with his arms on the tree. It had been quite a shock for her and a great relief when she realised it was only a naked dog!What a cheek, @Flobo
Hi Judy - just wondering if Jasper is naturally a water-lover. My lurcher will go into the water with my lab cross, but I think it's because he's competitive and needs to catch the stick first. His attempts at swimming are hilarious as he tries to tread water rather than swim. I thought sight hounds hated water, they're not built for it like labsYou're not going to tell us they were stuffed too, are you, @Mad Murphy ?
We took Jasper down to Poole Park this morning, and went down to the sea to give him a dip.
We also popped into a small garden centre right by the park that is run by and for people with mental disabilities. Had a narrow escape as we didn't notice the resident cat by the checkout till we were very close and I wondered why Jasper had suddenly froze
He'll go in it to cool off, but not for 'fun'. And he can't swim... we discovered him when in his younger days after chasing a deer he jumped into the deep end of a large pond. By the time I caught up his front legs were thrashing and I told myself that people who try to rescue their dogs from water end up drowning. But a minute later, only his head was visible... So I ended up stripping to my undies, getting in the shallow end and swimming across to him to rescue him, and then got out the deep side. Then I realised I had to walk right round the pond in wet undies to the other side, where a teenage lad was sitting fishing
Silver lining - Jasper is very careful about getting into water now. Which is sometimes a pain if he's desperate for a drink or to cool off and he'll have to step down a full six inches into the water...
He can get quite worked up when he sees another dog swim into deep water. I'm not sure if he's barking that they need to come back because it's not safe, or he wants to say hello (and inform them in his own sweet way that he's Top Dog) but can't get to them.
Overheard this morning on the beach ...
"It's just a pity there's so much sand."
He looks so cuteOne of today's walks was with Bones, we bimbled to the park around the corner, he did his business, played with the ball a little and then we sat under a tree, thought we'd go a bit punk while sitting! Then he did a quick bit of head banging/shaking, and he was back to normal.. Reckon he rocks a mohican!
