This past Sunday it was blistering hot here … in the 90s … and so we pulled out the doggie swimming pools and set them up in the various dog yards.  At one point I came back out and saw blind Callie in the pool by the house, just lapping and lapping at the water.  It’s not unusual to see a dog take a drink from a pool, but Callie kept on drinking like she was trying to lower the water level.  (Yes, there were two water bowls just 10 feet from the pool.)  I finally went inside to get the video camera and when I returned, she was still drinking.  What you see in this clip is just the last 20 seconds of what must have been almost two minutes of constant lapping. 

Which brings to mind the question — just how many laps did she do in the pool?

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9 responses to “Video: I’ll Just Drink My Way Out”

  1. Heidi & the kitties Avatar
    Heidi & the kitties

    Well, she heard that doing laps in the pool would help her lose some plumpness!

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  2. Bibi Avatar
    Bibi

    Oh, CALLIE !!!! You are such a lovely lapper !!!!! You lap almost as well as you wag when being told you must go out for a last wee wee, you little wagger, you !!!!!!!!! 🙂

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  3. Shirley * James * Portland, OR Avatar
    Shirley * James * Portland, OR

    She is one “cool” doggie!

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  4. Debbie Avatar
    Debbie

    Callie is getting ready for the Olympics. See how many laps see can do. Pool water is so much better than drinking water from a bowl. We have an in ground pool and all the pups get on the steps and drink like they’ve never had water before, when they always hace fresh water inside and out and in the summer they get crushed ice in the outside bowl. Yep they are spoiled.

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  5. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    Bada-bing bada boom! Very funny! Do you think Dog Lapping could be in the Olympics this summer?

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  6. gayle Avatar
    gayle

    too funny you go girl

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  7. ginger & Tobias (the greythound) Avatar
    ginger & Tobias (the greythound)

    I think the water must have tasted better because she was in it! That’s too cute! “Finally, a water bowl I can get into!” Thanks for the big smile you just gave me.
    Big hugs to all,
    ginger, Tobias & Tlingit

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  8. Shelli Smith Avatar
    Shelli Smith

    I think Callie heard somewhere that drinking plenty of H2O is a healthy way to manage a girlish figure!

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  9. Barbara Avatar

    This is really funny! Ain’t it just like a dachshund to do something like this? They sure are characters!

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