Tierra Tuesday: How I learned to Swim

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I've told you all about my miss in My Life Story...and now I want to share how my miss helped me learn to swim.

I was just a little puppy, probably only about 4 months old, when Miss brought me to the small pond on their farm.

It looked awful BIG to me, so when she tossed a stick in there, there was no way I was going to chase it.

Miss told me to sit. I was very little but I had already learned to sit and stay. I sat down and when miss told me to stay, I did so.

I then watched in horror as miss walked away, to the other side of the HUMONGOUS dark pond.

I was very upset but tried to look eager so miss wouldn't keep me there for long. When miss called me I dashed through the long grass to get to her, hopping over a couple gopher holes, clambering along a steep hill and sliding to a halt on the other side. I looked around in confusion. Miss wasn't there? I looked across the pond... and there she stood calling me, right where I had been sitting!

I dashed around again, and again, and again... and every time she did the same thing. When I changed directions, miss changed directions. When I stopped, Miss stopped. It was brutal. There was nothing I could do to get to her....unless....

I looked at the threatening water and back up at Miss. Perhaps I could somehow run across? I had never seen so much water before and I knew I couldn't drink it all if running didn't work... but I NEEDED to get to miss. I had to get to her. What if something happened to her while I was on this side of the water? I yelped one last time, threw myself bravely onto the glaring pond, and started running.

Strangely it worked. Running was strangely comfortable and I realized with delight, I was moving forward! It was this amazing sensation I had never felt before. It was AMAZING! The glossy water felt both cool and warm, both hard and soft, and was absolutely exhilarating.

Miss was cheering on the shore and when I came out of the water dripping wet, she welcomed me with open arms. I was SOOOO excited.

Of-course that wasn't the last of it. I immediately turned around, jumped back in and fetched that stick that was still floating in the water. I didn't want the fun to end so mom kept throwing the stick in the water and I kept fetching over and over again!

That was how I learned to swim...and guess what? Swimming to fetch sticks out of the water is still my very most favourite thing to do.

How did you learn how to swim?

Tierra Tuesday: Lazy Day!

I know its Tierra Tuesday on The Blab Labs today, but I'm just going to tell Emerald what to say for me because I don't want to quit suntanning at the moment.

Mom is scolding me for being lazy, but I don't have time today. I know I only have to post once a week, but last week's post was so long...I deserve this.

Don't judge me. I really have priorities here. Its a sunny day and I'm not taking a break from my suntanning just to write on The Blab Labs. (Any of the kids out there enjoying the last days of summer will agree with me.) Okay, later pals.

Tierra Tuesday: My Life Story

Its my first Tierra Tuesday so I’m going to share my life story…this will be my LOOONGEST post ever, so you don’t HAVE to read it. Hopefully it isn’t too boring for you…Here is my happy-sad story.

I was born in Alberta and went home with my Little Miss. She was 16 when she brought me home and I was her pride and joy. She taught me many things and I loved her almost to death. Her family was nice too but they didn’t like dogs as much as Little Miss did, so I didn’t listen to anything they told me to do. I only listened to Little Miss. They didn’t like that much but I didn’t care. I only loved Little Miss.

One day I jumped up onto the trampoline and jumped off on the other side but didn’t see the patch of ice there. Pain tore through my left leg. The Dr said I had torn a ligament and I needed an operation. Miss was beside me the whole way. She studied in the garage, reading her textbooks out loud to me, in preparation of her high school exams. While my leg healed, Miss and I bonded a lot. I realized she was the most important person in the world.

When Miss's family moved to the city, Miss started going to work. When she was at work, life was a little lonelier during the day. I would wait all day for Little Miss to come home so we could go rollerblading all through the town until late at night. Winters were awful because Miss couldn’t take me rollerblading. We would go for walks in the snow every day but Miss hated the outings because it was so cold in the howling Alberta wind. Sometimes she would sneak me in the house and her dad pretended he didn’t notice because he knew how much she loved me.

I am undeniably a gorgeous dog so Miss found me a boyfriend and I had a litter of puppies. We had so much fun playing with my 9 little babies and finding them each a loving home. It is one of our best memories together.

It was so sad for me when Miss grew up and moved away for college. Her mom and dad didn’t want to take care of me so she was trying to find me a home where she lived, so she could still visit me. While she was gone, some friends asked if they could have me. They knew what a great dog I was.

That’s when I met my new family who took me to Saskatchewan. They were wonderful and had two little kids. I love kids so even though I missed my Little Miss I was happy in my new home. I had new pawrents who loved me. They took me everywhere and instead of rollerblading in the summer, I went along with them biking.

Slowly their family grew and they became busier. In the meantime, I had two more litters of puppies. Those were my best moments. I loved being a mom. I hated watching my babies leave so I was thrilled when my pawrents decided to keep Emerald.

As Emerald grew up and my own human family grew, it became very hard for them to have us. Emerald was a lot of work because she needed so much exercise and training and my pawrents were so busy with all of their kids. Summers were fun because we would take the kids to the park and to the lake where Emerald and I could go swimming but winters were very hard because there was little time for us to have walks.

One day I was surprised by a familiar scent. It was my Little Miss!! She had come to visit me and my pawrents. We were so happy to see each other.

That’s when she found out how busy my pawrents were. They told her they were thinking of giving us a new home. My Miss was hopeful but she left without us.

One day my pawrents took Emerald and I to a strange place in Alberta. I had no idea what was going on until my Little Miss came and visited us with her husband. (I met him a couple times before she moved away and I liked him) They took us for walks every day and a couple days later, they took us to a car with big trailer behind it. Emerald and I hopped into the back seat and we drove for a whole day and night. We slept most of the way.

When we arrived on Vancouver Island in BC, we set up a tent and camped. We lived in the tent for 2 weeks while Miss and her husband searched for an apartment to rent.

Nobody wanted to have us dogs in their apartments so Little Miss and her husband were really excited when a really nice couple rented their basement suite right on the ocean. We were excited too. Now we can go to the water every day and swim.

I’ve come to realize that Miss and her husband are my new pawrents. Miss keeps saying how happy she is to have me back and that I’m going to spend the rest of my life with them. I've got a lot more grey hair now that I'm 9 years old, but I’m so happy… I follow Miss around everywhere. And sometimes, just for memories sake, I ignore her husband and only listen to Little Miss.