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Off Leash Dog Diary

Flooding

It has been raining heavily here. When I went to walk near the stream yesterday my dad was quite concerned that I not fall in as the stream was at least six feet higher than normal and flowing very strongly.

Then at night we had a downpour about midnight and there was a mini river flowing across our lawn, some of which was pouring into the basement! My dad didn't seem too pleased, carrying heavy stone tiles in the rain to try and staunch the flooding, but I thought it was great fun! I got a case of the zoomies, including running round our pear trees where it was all muddy, so dad took a break to make sure my feet were washed before going back inside. (That wasn't too hard as the water was just streaming over the lawn). I also helped my dad by picking up some of the branches he had carefully positioned and taking them somewhere else. He didn't seem too pleased at that either!

Then we went back to bed as the downpour died down. I looked in the basement this morning as it was all muddy. (My dad pointed to the watermark showing that the water was up to a foot high at its peak, but no real harm done).

7 Fun Facts About Me

Well, Tubby has tagged me - to tell 7 fun facts about me!

1. My granddad was a national champ and my dad a champ in the show ring (just found that out a couple of weeks ago)
2. I am however almost twice the recommended weight for show bulldogs though (at over 90lbs) - so I am much bigger than my forebears!
3. I was born in Rotorua, which has a sulphur, rotten egg, smell because of all the geysers
4. When I was about four months old a near neighbour would bring her five year old bully bitch to visit, and I was already bigger than her! (I also started humping her so I was a bit of a precocious lad).
5. We walk off lead nearly everywhere; once we met a policeman with the alsation puppy he was training to be a police dog, but he didn't mind us being off leash although we legally shouldn't have been.
6. Once I stepped into a hole in the stream and sunk right to be bottom; my human brother pulled me out - but my tail was still high and I was completely not bothered.
7. I have a surprising turn of speed and can run much faster than my human family - but only for a very short distance - and once I knocked my dad flying when he tried to catch me!

Sunday 27-9-09

I am pretty well recovered from my operation now, although I am still favoring my left hind leg some. Last two pictures are of me today, in the local park, and then sitting on a chair on the deck.