Video: I'll Just Drink My Way Out
This past Sunday it was blistering hot here ... in the 90s ... and so we pulled out the doggie swimming pools and set them up in the various dog yards. At one point I came back out and saw blind Callie in the pool by the house, just lapping and lapping at the water. It's not unusual to see a dog take a drink from a pool, but Callie kept on drinking like she was trying to lower the water level. (Yes, there were two water bowls just 10 feet from the pool.) I finally went inside to get the video camera and when I returned, she was still drinking. What you see in this clip is just the last 20 seconds of what must have been almost two minutes of constant lapping.
Which brings to mind the question -- just how many laps did she do in the pool?
This is really funny! Ain't it just like a dachshund to do something like this? They sure are characters!
Posted by: Barbara | July 03, 2008 at 03:05 PM
I think Callie heard somewhere that drinking plenty of H2O is a healthy way to manage a girlish figure!
Posted by: Shelli Smith | July 02, 2008 at 08:34 PM
I think the water must have tasted better because she was in it! That's too cute! "Finally, a water bowl I can get into!" Thanks for the big smile you just gave me.
Big hugs to all,
ginger, Tobias & Tlingit
Posted by: ginger & Tobias (the greythound) | July 02, 2008 at 11:36 AM
too funny you go girl
Posted by: gayle | July 02, 2008 at 08:45 AM
Bada-bing bada boom! Very funny! Do you think Dog Lapping could be in the Olympics this summer?
Posted by: Yvette | July 02, 2008 at 07:49 AM
Callie is getting ready for the Olympics. See how many laps see can do. Pool water is so much better than drinking water from a bowl. We have an in ground pool and all the pups get on the steps and drink like they've never had water before, when they always hace fresh water inside and out and in the summer they get crushed ice in the outside bowl. Yep they are spoiled.
Posted by: Debbie | July 02, 2008 at 06:03 AM
She is one "cool" doggie!
Posted by: Shirley * James * Portland, OR | July 02, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Oh, CALLIE !!!! You are such a lovely lapper !!!!! You lap almost as well as you wag when being told you must go out for a last wee wee, you little wagger, you !!!!!!!!! :)
Posted by: Bibi | July 01, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Well, she heard that doing laps in the pool would help her lose some plumpness!
Posted by: Heidi & the kitties | July 01, 2008 at 06:38 PM