[BK911]

My family and I spend most weekends at the lake.
Headed down to the water after dinner with Mommy and the girls.
Mommy is a good floater but not so much a good swimmer, and my 2 and 4 year olds are just learning how to hold their breath.
After about an hour of throwing the girls around, I needed a rest.
Mommy was floating on a raft, and the girls were wearing their muscles and floating on a blow up mattress.
Maybe 50’ from shore, but only 20’ from the end of the dock.
I swam to the dock, climbed out of the water, and headed up the stairs to the deck.
Noticed a couple of dogs two houses down, so I tied up my 120# ridgeback so he didn’t get in any trouble.
As soon as I cracked a beer, I noticed a ~75# black lab pup run straight for the water.
Then he turned and headed down the shoreline to my property, then jumped in and headed straight for my girls.
I don’t think the lab wanted to hurt anybody, but just playing around it could injure or kill my girls.
So Daddy jumps in and sprints out to intercept the lab.
Got there just in time, put myself between the lab and the raft, and pushed the lab away.
Fuch’n thing turned around and came right back.
After a few attempts, with each attempt putting me under water, I decided to head for the shore.
So I kept pushing, and pushing, and pushing, and finally made it close to shore.
Once near the shore the lab finally gave up and went up the bank.
So I get out of the water to rest, but the dang thing jumped back in and heading right for the rafts again.
Completely exhausted, I dive back in and sprint after the dog.
I didn’t catch it in time and it climbed on the wifes raft, wife jumps off and holds on the girls raft, then dog jumps back in and heads for the girls raft.
But now Daddy is there, and grabs the dog by the collar, drag it away, then start pushing it towards the shore again.
Dog fighting me the whole time, and again I am under water most of the time.
Enough was enough, I decided to hold the dog under water until it calmed down.
As soon as I put the lab underwater, my dog jumps off the dock and heads towards me.
He gets pretty close, but now all the slack in the rope is gone and my pooch goes under water.
So I let the lab go, swim to my pooch, and pull him up and push him towards shore.
He makes it to shore, but the friggin lab jumps back in and is heading back towards my girls.
Completely exhausted I dive back in and sprint back out, but no way I was catching that dog.
Now daddy is mad, and I decided that when I got my hands on that dog I was going to drown it.
I hate that I was going to kill the dog for being playful, but I couldn’t keep this up much longer.
The lab got within inches away from the girls raft before a neighbor on a kayak intercepted it and pulled it out of the water.
I was so relieved but barely had enough energy to get out of the water.
Whole thing lasted about 5 minutes, but I was underwater most of that time.
Very thankful nobody or anything got hurt.
Only damage was my spilled beer.
So… how was your weekend? 😊