Today Shane and Cassandra took me on a walk to the woods with a bunch of other fun dogs. I decided to share my experiences with some drawings since they didn't take any cute pictures of me.

At first I was mostly interested in the new smells, but then I found out that walking in the woods with a bunch of dogs is pretty much like a moving dog park. So then I decided I should be the referee to all the other dogs when they are playing. I made sure everyone got along and was safe while playing.  I really liked running along the trail showing everyone how fast and fun I am.

Here's a drawing of me and my friend Rose walking on the trail in the woods.

We turned a corner and there was a big lake on the right. All the other dogs headed to the lake to play, so I followed. But this lake was weird. I started walking right on top of the water without getting wet. Something didn't feel right and then suddenly the ground beneath me broke and I was in ice cold water. It was so cold and I was so scared - I had no idea what was going on! I just froze (literally) and waited for something to happen. My front paws managed to stay on top of the ice, but my back end was stuck in the water up to my tail.

Here's a drawing of me caught in the icy lake.

Even though I didn't know what to do, Cassandra was already on her way to rescue me. She started breaking all the ice to get to me and when she got there, she grabbed my collar to try to help me out. I was still unsure about everything so she had to pull kind of hard. She kept breaking the ice so I had a path to get out of the water. I sure was glad when I got out of there. So cold!

Here's a drawing of Cassandra saving me.

Everyone was very concerned with me when I got out of the water and I got a lot of extra attention. Cassandra borrowed a rag from Nancy (Rose's human) to dry me off and make sure I was ok. I kept shaking a lot to dry off and try to get warm. It was easy to move on, though. By the time 5 minutes were passed, I was up to my usual refereeing and happy self and I had forgotten about the icy lake.

I really wore myself out today, so when we got home Shane and Cassandra turned on football and I only woke up to write in my blog.

Here's me "enjoying" football.

Thanks to everyone who helped me get warm again so quickly and being concerned if I was OK. I think i made it look worse than it was, though. Maybe next time I'll rescue somebody instead of being the victim. Although the attention was nice...