I would like to justify my
behavior last night. You do understand
that as fish retrievers, swimming is in our blood.
We have just returned from a
trip with our humans for them to test falling over juice in Healdsburg and Sonoma. We usually sleep at a travelling human kennel
called the Krug Event Center which has a big hole in the ground with water. Our
humans won’t let us jump in which is horrible torture for a fish retriever.
Last night, Daddy took us out
for our end of night sniff and we don’t usually put our humans on a leash at
that time – where are they going to go?
I really wanted a swim, Mummy was sleeping and Talisker seemed to have a
pretty good handle on Daddy, so I thought they wouldn’t notice if I snuck off
for a few minutes. There were big gates
blocking me from getting to the hole in the ground with water which you can
only open by putting magical door opening cards into a slot. I managed to sneak in un-noticed behind some
humans with one of these cards.
I was having a really great
time and had only been gone for a few minutes when I heard panicked shouts from
Daddy calling my name. I got out of the
hole in the ground with water but getting back to him presented me with the
same problem. I jumped at the gate and “yipped”,
as Mummy calls it. I hoped Daddy would
hear me, but he was too far away. Eventually,
some other humans came by with a magic card and I just ran. By this time Daddy was standing outside the
door of our temporary kennel looking distraught. I jumped at him and gave him a really big hug. He doesn’t usually like this when I’ve been swimming,
but on this occasion, he actually hugged me back. I think he suffers from separation anxiety. I need
to talk to Mummy about getting him checked out.
Tobermory
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