I have had Golden Retrievers by my side now for 33 years. So I took notice that the dogs in the pool are all either Golden Retrievers or Labrador Retrievers. The few other breeds in the video stay out of the water. Did you know Goldens and Labs have webbed feet?
But doggy pool party aside, I have to say that 33 years of having a partner by my side that is always happy sporting a big smile, loves me unconditionally and does whatever I say gives me pause as to why we all don’t have dogs.
Oops, I forgot, dogpoop! While in the Middle East women in Burkas search piles of ruble for the severed limbs and heads of their children we here in the American suburbs call the police if we see a dog that MAY, or MIGHT, or could be PLANNING to take a dump on our lawns.
That last paragraph goes out to the half dozen or so anual retentive busybodies who have come up to me at the beach – while I am throwing an old stick in the waves for the dog to retrieve – to tell me about the leash laws and I had better put my animal on a leash immediately. I make some flippant comment about how hard it is to swim along with the “animal” on a leash out in the ocean to fetch a stick with my clothes on. I sometimes ask why they would give a rat’s ass. I soon find out that such people do not like flippancy, or humor of any kind for that matter as I keep throwing the stick. They take out their phones and threaten to call the police. I tell them to do what they have do and that I flat out refuse to accept that I cannot throw a stick for a dog in America anymore. Some of them have called three police entities to come to have me and my dog put away. As of yet I have not had to deal with police actually coming. The beach police are under your bed, the beach police need a slap upside of their head.