butterflyuk

You guessed what happened next Raine.
When I feed the ducks I hold the dog on the lead. When the last piece of bread was thrown in water I took the lead off and started walking up the hill away from the pond. Next thing I heard was the splash in water. When the dog saw the bread quite near floating in water she went to get it. The edges are very muddy and slippery so she must have slide in. The dog looked surprised, shocked and startled. She wasn't expecting it. She was splashing about to get out of there. Near the edges the water is only a couple of feet deep. All the ducks were kind of running (!) about to get out of the way. They were quacking like mad as if shouting "you stupid idiot"! I was surprised that the big moody swan didn't charge at her hissing like a dragon like he (has to be he) normally does to every moving thing.

Well, a black hairy blob made of black smelly mud came out as if nothing has happened and shook about covering me with spots of mud. As I was dragging her back home she sheepishly looked back in the direction of the ducks. The ducks were perhaps holding their stomach laughing their heads off saying "serves you right monster".

I had to rush back home and put her in the bath. Giving the dog a bath is another story in itself. Of course clean the bathroom and get ready myself for the meeting with dear Mr. Revenue. Not surprising that I was late. I had to get the taxi to save car parking time. I did not dare to ask if the cab fare was tax deductiable under the dog bathing expenses.