Well, I up and did it. Was walking Peaches and we stopped to visit a friend here in the park. He has a goldfish pond in the back and I was trying to get Peaches to go swimming in it. She, of course, was being very inquisitive, but was not even attempting to put a paw in. So, I decided to show her - and I stepped onto one of the rocks in the pond - and it, of course, was slipperly, down I went. Peaches stayed on dry ground looking at me like I was nuts. So did my friend - who I'm sure will pass the story all around the park.
The goldfish just swam to the other side of the pond - who knows what they thought of this crazy lady