Well Rocky decided he needed to pee at 5am

so I let him out and went back to bed until 6:45 when I got up and gave him breakfast. As its Sunday I went back to bed again while his breakfast settled
9am we went for a 40 min walk by the river, on the flexi and he was really good, although we literally bumped into a badger on one of the woodland paths. Rocky saw it first and went to investigat, but I stopped him right there. Made me thankful I kept him on lead, they can be nasty pieces of work
Home, he slept until lunch at 1230, ate his lunch as if he were starving, as usual, then napped again for a while before a great game of tug in the garden:crazy:
Afternoon walk, went to a lovely lake near me. Water very clear and I thought it may be the ideal opportunity for him to test deep water out. I used to do my triathlon training there, so I'm happy it's safe enough and if I had to I'd grab him on his flexi. He actually jumped in by accident:laugh: it was very funny, I think he thought he could walk on water? He managed to get back to shore, with a little tug from me and he seemed ok. I was very proud:wild: his first head dunking ever! He promptly ran over and found some fox poo and kindly rolled right in it, just ready for the journey home

why do they do that?
Back home, quick wash and rinse in his paddling pool and he sleeps now until dinner at about 7pm. We'll have a game of tug and a shorter walk round the block before bed! I love being a dog owner. I literally plan Rocky into everything I do.