Chopper

Chopper

      In my years at San Jose state I roomed in a house with several roommates.  One of my roommates had a Labrador Retriever named Chopper.  The dog was named after a type of motorcycle named a Chopped Harley.

    To say that chopper was a waterdog was a profound understatement.  If it had to do with water this dog was interested.  I would get home from school and there would be paw prints in the bottom of the bathtub.  The dog would stand in the tub in the hope that someone would turn on the water.

     One day one of my roommates was taking a bath with the door slightly ajar.   I heard a splash and a loud voice saying, “Chopper get out of the tub.”  The dog had jumped in the tub and water was now everywhere.

     A few weeks later when chopper was being walked he got loose.  He saw a public swimming pool and went bounding over the fence. The dog was swimming in the pool with a lot people who were not amused at sharing the pool.