The things dogs do…

Our West Highland Terrier dog (Mitzi) loves nothing better than a good long walk as you can see by the photo of our dog above.

Despite her being such a small little dog, she has certainly got a lot of stamina. Should you be climbing the largest hill, she will be at your side. Should you be running as fast as you can go, she will be at your side. Should you be near any water such as a lake or by the sea, then she isn’t at your side!

Recently whilst we were taking a long walk in a nearby country park, Mitzi was enjoying herself, playing chase, barking at the ducks then running away (honestly), when all of a sudden we heard a splash. Within seconds of our backs being turned she went straight into one of the shallow lakes. Luckily we were able to grab her collar and haul her out, however if she would of swum the opposite way we would of had to go in the green slimly, stinking lake after her… not a nice thought.

From what we can gather our Westie (who is afraid of any water outdoors, such as ponds, lakes etc) must of thought that the green slime which was resting on top of the water, was grass. She must of run straight into the lake thinking it was grass – poor thing. Thankfully Mitzi jumped into the shallow lake and not the deep one nearby.

Here is a picture below of how she looked after the ‘incident in the lake’! Needless to say, she stunk to high heaven so she had to endure a doggy pampering session which involved nice smelling dog shampoo when we returned home.

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