Coco's dangerous but fun day at the lake
 

So for my dad's birthday we decided to go to the lake on saturday. A big group of us went. It was 110 degrees so I was worried about Coco being out there but I wanted her to be with me. I figured I would dip her in the water to cool off. Anyway I bought a 15 ft. leash and attached that to the buckle of my shorts. She had a great time!!! She even swam in the beach and she got to go on a boat ride and she loved it. My dad stopped the boat in the middle of the lake and we all jumped in, INCLUDING COCO..LOL...she was cooled off all day from jumping in the water...My stupid camera died so i only got to take a picture of her with the kids :(
So here's where the freaky thing happened: My boyfriend and my sister (with the cousins, and kids) wanted to walk down to the beach. I was ok with that but didn't want to take Coco out of our shady sitting area. I didn't want her to have a heat stroke out there since we were going for an hour or so. My mom said she would watch her (mom totally not an animal person but she adores coco). I made her swear up and down for 15 minutes that she would do nothing but keep Coco on a short leash and not let her out of her site. So we come back and my mom goes, "ok don't freak out but something happened"...I freak out! Turns out the people next to us had a Husky with them, and he was tied to a tree. When the owner took him for a walk, he ran fast and she fell and lost control of the dog.He ran straight for Coco. My mom scooped her up and held her close to her chest as the dog began jumping on my mom. The owner got there and according to my mom apologized profusely and smacked her dog on the rear before taking him back. She came back like 4times to make sure Coco was ok (Coco was wanting to play with him so she didn't know what the heck had happened). I'm so glad my mom protected her. I was thking of all of the horrible stories of yorkies being mauled. I don't even know if he would have done anything. Maybe he just wanted to sniff her out, but I'm glad my mom didn't take any chances. I was thanking her all day and just about cried when she told me. I could have lost my little girl if it wasn't for my mom, who by the way is deathly afraid of big dogs. She said she didn't even think about herself, all she could do was react protectively and grab Coco. Sorry for the long post but we had quite a scare :eek: I'm just glad nothing happened to her :D Here's a picture, the only picture..lol..of coco and the kids (we won't tell their parents I posted their pics..lol)

Moms are the best, and it sounds like you’ve got a wonderful one. I’m glad you guys had such a fun day. I bet Coco past out as soon as you got in the car. :)

My mom is the best. I can't believe she risked her own life for Coco. I was thanking her all weekend and hugginng her. I forgot my b/f had taken pics of coco on his phone. Here are pictures of coco passed out. One in the car on the way back (sorry it's dark), and then at home (excuse her unlady like pose :rolleyes: )

Awww little Coco-mo!!! Thank god your mom did that -- who knows if that Husky was friendly!! I'm glad he didn't try to bite your mom!! :eek: It could have been a real tragedy -- thank goodness it wasn't. But other then that, sounds like you all had a great time! :p

Sounds like you all had a great time. I am glad that Coco is ok. I bet that was scary.

My Mom is not a dog person either but she has always loved my dogs. I hope you don't mind but I wanted to share a funny story with you about my Mom. I had a toy poodle at the time. I was living on a pretty steep hill at the time and my Mom and I decided to leave her house and go to mine. Well the brakes went out on the truck and we ended up sideways looking over a hill. My Mom panicks grabs my poodle and starts to jump out of the truck. I was like Mom stop it is ok. We where fine but it did scare the crap out of me. I started laughing and ask if she was going to save the dog and leave me in there to die. :D

We had an excellent time!! She swam at the beach with the kids (I kept her 15ft. leash on her so she couldn't go far). She went on a boat, and at first the noise of the engine scared her but then she enjoyed the wind blowing through her hair. I'm so glad it wasn't a tragic day!!! Thank God for my mom!

LMAO...What a great story!!!! That's so funny, she just left you there..lol..I bet she would have eventually come back for you :D lol

Glad for a happy ending! Mom's are the best!

Well .....your mom is pretty cool - Not many of our moms would think that fast on their feet - Take that woman out to dinner !! That could have been bad but she really used her brains.

I'm glad everything turned out ok and your mom and coco were not harmed

That had to be scary! I'm so glad little Coco is fine.:)

My mom is definetely my hero right now. Coco will be getting my mom a nice gift for saving her. :D

Your mom ROCKS!! :p Codie is a true beach babe!

Sounds like your Mom is a doll--I'm also afraid of big dogs but I would DIVE to get my Google in such a situation and put myself in harm's way before I let Google get picked up by a big dog!

how scary:( i'm glad that everything is ok.

Give your Mom a hug from Yorkie owners across the country! After that act of heroism, she is officially declared "a dog person," more specifically, a "Yorkie lover." Talk about the perfect dogsitter!

However, YOU lose "Perfect Yorkie-owner" points for not taking any pictures of Coco swimming. Of course, you're still well above the threshold in the category, and you'd have to start beating Coco regularly to be thrown out.

OMG did I say CODIE??!!??!! I meant COCO!! LOLOLOL!! :D :D

:eyetearss :eyetearss :eyetearss I know I am a total loser in that picture category but in my defense, my camera died from taking so MANY MANY pictures of her on a daily basis ;) Fear not, I will regain my perfect status when we go camping next month and I wil have 2 cameras incase one dies. Then maybe I can be back in the good graces of yorkie owners around the country! Yea I will tell my mom that she has been declared Yorkie Lover/Perfect Babysitter..lol..though she'll probably laugh and tell me to shut up (in a "are you being serious) kind of manner)

She is a beach babe. But it still counts cause Codie likes the beach too right?