No Geese Allowed

Hi, Cruz back here for a guest post to tell you about my latest adventure with my new family. It's really exhausting keeping 3 boys entertained all day but I'm up for the challenge. I play ball, race around the trampoline making sure they don't fall off, have play dates with the "girl next door", and we even get to go to the lake. I love splashing around in the shallows but haven't yet dared to take that final step that would bring me over my head to actually swim. Until yesterday!

Just a speck way out in the lake

At my former home I'd chase geese off the small pond, harassing them until they flew off. And I'm fast so I'm sure they got whiplash trying to keep track of me as I raced back and forth from one side to the other, sort of like watching a tennis match.

So there I was at the lake, minding my own business, playing ball, keeping watch of my family, when I heard the honk of two Canada geese swimming toward me. That's not allowed here either! I didn't even notice how deep the water was when I launched myself straight into the lake. I swam out to the middle after them. The two I originally heard turned into 14 of them. My head just about exploded with this wonderful opportunity. I mean, with that many I was bound to catch one of them.


They split into 2 groups so I swam toward 1 group, then turned around and went after the other. All the while my family was apparently calling me but I didn't even hear them. I was so focused on chasing the geese my brain shut off to everything else and I got major tunnel vision.

My new Dad dove into the water after me. Meanwhile, a small fishing boat saw the commotion and headed toward me to try to keep me from swimming off. I suppose they also thought they could save Dad if he ran into trouble. Going between the two groups of geese allowed Dad to catch up to me, grab my collar, and drag me back to shore. Mom said she was kind of worried because Dad isn't that strong a swimmer, but he sure reached me in record time. I guess his burst of adrenaline allowed him to do super-human things. I'm really glad he was OK and didn't have to read the headlines of "Local man drowns trying to save geese chasing dog". And just to let you know that no geese were harmed in the making of this story, although it wasn't for my lack of trying!

Dad finally got me back to shore

I understand Dad was quite upset with me because I took off after those geese and didn't come back when he called, and because he had to swim way out to get me. I imagine my folks were pretty worried, but I could have swum that lake all day! I was extremely delighted with myself and pranced around quite oblivious to the commotion I caused. Dad did forgive me pretty quickly and gave me plenty of snuggles later on. After all, I am adorable and have velvety ears!

Well, thanks for reading my update. I'll try to keep you informed of my adventures. I see that Sammy still hasn't written a post. I imagine he's taking yet another nap.

--Cruz