Digley May 2012

Emma and I took Bailey, Dylan, Diva and Rio around Digley this afternoon, since the nice weather is continuing and the dogs could do with the swim! So much of the path is in dappled shade that we didn’t have to worry about them getting too hot, and it’s such an easy walk that even Bailey could come (under supervision, since she’s technically still injured. Not much sign of it though, she was swimming for England!)

The water was beautiful dark blue when we arrived, but the ground got churned up pretty easily by four madcap dogs running around. I think I ended up with more mud on me than they did though, in the end. Dylan and Bailey are crazy swimmers, they just set off swimming optimistically and if something gets thrown it’s worthwhile. Diva swims too, but we could not convince Rio to get in. I think she needs swimming lessons.

I took an empty plastic bottle with us to throw. Floating toys tend to get wrecked too easily and then sink, and a plastic bottle only needs to last the hour we spend swimming. Filled with a little bit of water and even I can throw it a fair way out. It was hard to get photos though, the bright sun glare off the water was too intense for my camera to deal with.

We were kind of tempted to join them in the res, but common sense prevailed. We walked two-thirds of the way around and then doubled back, so the dogs have had a lovely long walk. I was really pleased with how sensible Rio was, she raced around a lot with Diva but didn’t lose her head, and she wasn’t rude or obnoxious as she can be with Dylan. I think Dyl appreciated the break as well!