Who Needs a Swimming Pool?

Who needs a swimming pool, when you have your own pond? 

That must be what our beagle Flip thinks every morning about this time of the day (8:30 a.m.). I watched him wading along the side of the pond and realized that now I know why he is a muddy mess every morning. 

Thank goodness for garden hoses and big towels. Otherwise this "inside dog" would be an "outside dog."