Fun with Doggy
So, my dog has two major fears in life. She is afraid of smoke, and for some god awful reason, she is TERRIFIED of water. Ella is a black lab, and from what i've seen on TV, black labs LOVE water. So, I brought her with me when I went swimming last night. It was a gorgeous night out, and I didn't actually swim, more like I just hung out in the water. Ella ran around and did her normal sniff everything possible thing. She would lay at the edge of the pool and sniff the water, but would run when I went to grab her, to pull her in. But finally, I grabbed her and pulled her in..i know i'm mean. So, she is in the pool, and huffing and puffing and trying to get out. I basically held her and walked around the pool with her to get her used to it. After a little while, she started panting like normal, instead of huffing and puffing, so I'm pretty sure that was a good sign.
They had these 2 raft like things in there....and I got her up on one and she actually laid there on the raft while I pulled her around on it. It was fun. I can tell that she didn't totally enjoy it, but I want her to like water, and get used to it. It probably wasn't the best thing for the pool, who knows how much she shed in there, but oh well, i'm not worried about that.
Haven't talked to my uncle, no desire to. Just gonna chill and make it on my own for awhile.
Speaking of getting over fears...I have a couple I need to work on. I need to somehow convince myself to go out and about more often. I'm doing a good job with going to family dinner, but I'm still not really comfortable doing it. I was watching the show on MTV Made...and I thought i'd be a good case study for it. I just need to learn to be more talkative. I dunno, maybe I should go back home and live in an igloo.
Tropical storm Emily doesn't look like it's coming here...dammit.
They had these 2 raft like things in there....and I got her up on one and she actually laid there on the raft while I pulled her around on it. It was fun. I can tell that she didn't totally enjoy it, but I want her to like water, and get used to it. It probably wasn't the best thing for the pool, who knows how much she shed in there, but oh well, i'm not worried about that.
Haven't talked to my uncle, no desire to. Just gonna chill and make it on my own for awhile.
Speaking of getting over fears...I have a couple I need to work on. I need to somehow convince myself to go out and about more often. I'm doing a good job with going to family dinner, but I'm still not really comfortable doing it. I was watching the show on MTV Made...and I thought i'd be a good case study for it. I just need to learn to be more talkative. I dunno, maybe I should go back home and live in an igloo.
Tropical storm Emily doesn't look like it's coming here...dammit.