WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE.....!

BARN2:

All I remember of this morning was:
Water, water, water....and more water......(blurp!!)

Mummy took Ko Ko Marky and I to school again: K9 Kampus.

While Ko Ko Marky got to hang out with the big sized guys....

(MARKY:
Hey, I thought YOU were the one having fun, little brother!)

BARN2: I had to swim.....

swim.....

swim....
and swim.....

Then they introduced a swimming partner (other than Uncle Josiah)....

Uncle Leroy brought in Charlie....the Beagle.

She CAN swim.....although we swam differently....

She's quite a girl.....



But we didnt get introduced properly...

Somehow we were kept swimming...and swimming and swimming....near each other.

So near and yet so far....

(MUMMY: Uncle Josiah was trying to socialise Barn2, desensitizing him to the presence of other dogs. Barn2 was interested in Charlie but he couldnt do much while swimming in the pool. )

When I thought that the exercise was over ( Charlie left early with Uncle Leroy)...Uncle Leroy came back again.

This time with another dog....

Was I interested in him?

You bet I was.

He's a taller dog.

(MUMMY: Barn2 doesnt like dogs to be taller than him. Sigh.)

BARN2 :

I growled....( yes, I can growl while I am swimming....)

GRRRR!!!!

Uncle Josiah told me off.

DRAT.

Then we swam by each other. Again...and again...and again....

After a while, I lost interest in him...

(MUMMY:

Barn2 was interested in something else.

Did you know that he is not a FOODIE but he is a HUGGIE?

He's a sucker for hugs.

And he can really MANJA...)

BARN: Hold me, Uncle Josiah....

(MUMMY: Barn2 can get really intense about it.....

We thought he was tired. So Uncle Josiah tried to put him on land. But this was what happened......)

You sure you want to swim some more, Barn2? )

Finally...Uncle Josiah said: " I think you've had enough...."

"Up you go, little boy...."

Thank you, Uncle Josiah.

Time for a well earned rest!

(POSTSCRIPT:

MUMMY: Before we returned home, Barn2 paid a visit to Benny's office.....Benny wasn't there today.....)

YAWN!! WHAT'S THE BUZZ?

BARN2:

It's a public holiday. I am sleeping in.

Why are you waking me up, Mummy?

My eye hasnt woken up yet. My tongueth is stucth between my teeeth...

A few minutes more.....

Oh...if I must get up....

Well, what is it? Its a holiday, for crying out loud!
Why wake me up so early?
An outing? Why didnt you say so in the first place?

I'm Mr Ready Corgi ....

It's Aunty Zoe's shop opening.....!!! Pawsitive Sensations (my massage place).
Plenty of people. I got fussed over....and photographed.....

I love hugs.

Then of course, there were the youngsters....

Dexter my mummy's kai-chye (godson) with Aunty Rachel, Benny (Aunty Zoe's boy: the Pawsitive Sensation's mascot) and Cody (aka Fungus!! hee hee), Aunty Jace's kid.

A rowdy bunch. Jumping on and chewing on each other.....

Humph!!! I am too old for this kind of play.

I growled at them...to keep away from me....and got disciplined by Mummy and Aunty Zoe.
Not fair.

But overall, it was okay. Mummy had to go for some meeting so we had to leave early. Aunty Rachel gave me (and Ko Ko Marky) some treats from the USA Dog Bakery....and I had most of it for myself (since I am on strike on other kinds of food today)....YUM!!!! Thank you Aunty Rachel!

THE WATERCORGI....

BARN2:
Mummy arranged with Uncle Josiah to bring me in for a swim this morning. She is on leave- so I get to do more exercises (!). I have done some swimming in my life: from the small water tub to the bigger water tub at home. Also at Petumart's swimming pool.

Today's different.This is at the new hydrotherapy pool at K9 Kampus. And I got the WHOLE pool to myself!



Uncle Josiah went into the pool with me. So here it goes.....



I'm doing well, huh?



The waterbaby....



Oh no... water is splashing into my ear.....I'm getting to be a waterlogged corgi....

But....its kinda fun...whee....see, I can part waves!

Gettin' kinda tired. Good to have a human floatation device: Uncle Josiah. Hee hee...

Let me manja (Malay word: 'wallow in the pampering') a bit.


Drat. One more lap?

Hey...how many more laps?

I think I counted six laps.

Uncle Josiah, you counted only four???

I think I've had enough for today......heading for shore now....

I'm getting out of here!

FINALLY! (Whew....I dont want to grow flippers).

Washing out the dirt....

Uncle Leroy dried me with a towel and some kind of blower (it was louder than Mummy's hairdryer so I didnt bark at it...).

Mummy drove me home and gave me a hot shower.

You can imagine how tired I am.....