Muddy Buddy

While Peter and I were in Florida Buddy and Poncho stayed at doggie camp. When they arrived home on Wednesday afternoon they smelled as fresh as a daisy. They looked so good. Their coats were soft and fluffy. Fast forward to this afternoon's walk. It was a beautiful day. You can sense spring on the verge of arriving. Our neighborhood is perfect for walking. There is a lot of natural space. Down the street from us is a pasture where two stunning Fresians live. Today as we walked along their pasture one of them came over to us. He was breathtaking and I couldn't help but laugh out loud when he raised his lips as if he was smiling at us. Between the pasture and the road is a ditch. From my perspective it does not look more than an inch deep. We have had a lot of rain recently so their was water in the ditch. Again it didn't appear that deep. Buddy being lab headed straight for the water. I was horrified when I looked up at him and his legs had disappeared into the ditch and the water was up to his chest!!!...I would not have minded except this was not clean water. You can imagine what is in it being right next two a horse pasture...eeewww!!!. I yanked Buddy out of the ditch and his yellow legs were jet black. He looked like someone had dipped in dark chocolate except it didn't smell that way. So there I was with two dogs and a baby in a stroller wondering how I was going to get this nutty dog clean. Just another adventure with Buddy the wonder dog!!!