Bulldogs and water

First, yes, I read I has a hotdog and I can has cheezburger. Second, this particular picture caught my eye at once. Not because the caption is particularly funny but because the idea of a life vest for a bulldog is just so freaking brilliant. That other picture - the slightly fuzzy one; hey, it's a snapshot from 1979 - is my late Badger (Arrow Girl). I owned her when I was in the army, stationed in Texas. I remember walking along the banks of the Concho River one spring day. Badger was leaning over to get a drink, and I heard a splash. Who was worried, though? Dogs can swim.

Except that no, bulldogs can't. I stood there startled, watching Badger paddling like crazy and still sinking like a stone. Then I came to and jumped into the river and pulled her out. A couple of weeks later she confidently trotted out onto the lily pads at the park and went down again (though close enough to the bank to scrabble out).

No wonder she generally just paddled around in the shallows...

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