Comments on: 5 Reasons to Teach Your Dog To Swim (and 4 Not To) https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 10 Aug 2019 18:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: BJ Pup https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85978 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:58:56 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85978 BJ wants no part of the water. Even with carrying him in, he struggles to get out. I decided that since there is no body of water near us, and my sister never invited us to go swimming in her pool, I’m not going to pressure BJ to go in the water.

]]> By: Jan K https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85837 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:38:43 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85837 Our golden Sheba LOVES to swim. We encourage it because it is such good exercise for her, and because we enjoy watching her. Her brother, however, would wade into the water but wouldn’t go out over his head. We encouraged him and went out with him, but when he continued to resist, we decided to just let him be, and threw the ball in the shallow water for him.
I think swimming could be great exercise for Sheba when she gets older and maybe can’t run or take long walks like she can now. That’s a good reason right there to encourage it, I think.

]]> By: Jessica@YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85589 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:00:51 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85589 Chester is like your husband. He hates the water but I bet if his life depended on it he would swim (plus with the life jacket he would not be likely to sink). I think as long as Honey is enjoying her swim lessons you should go ahead.

]]> By: Amy@GoPetFriendly https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85546 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:03:18 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85546 Ty swam … once. And Buster has never taken his feet of the beach to the best of my knowledge. Neither of them is interested and for us it’s not a big deal. Teaching them to change a tire would probably be more useful for us landlubbers. For you guys, teaching Honey to swim is pretty important given how much time you spend (and plan to spend) on the water. You’ve had so much success training her to do other things she was uncomfortable with, I’m sure you can nail this one too.

]]> By: SUGAR: Golden Woofs https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85433 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:11:17 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85433 It is so interesting to find out that not all Golden enjoys water (swim). I started swimming at a young age. At 11 weeks I was swimming in the lake. Golden LAUGHS on #4. Just have to be patient and gotta have something that will entice her to retrieve it. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

]]> By: jan https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85411 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:44:11 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85411 One of my Poodles (Misty) is a total water dog. She whines when she sees the lake out of the car window and can’t wait to run down and jump in. Which is a total nuisance to me. If I could take some of the water dog out of her, I would. So, I think you should be glad to have a non-swim-lover.

]]> By: houndstooth https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85402 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:01:05 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85402 I think the practical reasons outweigh the risks. Honey already listens to you quite well and I think the temptation to follow other dogs wouldn’t be a problem for her. As long as she’s not totally resistant to the idea, I’d go for it!

]]> By: 24 Paws of Love https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85401 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:00:46 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85401 It wasn’t until recently that I learned not all dogs know how to swim. I’ve always had dogs who jumped right and swam any chance they got. Never occurred to me you might have to teach them.

I know you will, but the only thing I can add is let her go at her own pace. She’ll let you know if she changes her mind. 🙂

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85383 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:59:49 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85383 I actually had a dog that didn’t know how to swim! She liked to ‘try’ to swim, but the poor girl just wasn’t getting it. I ended up buying her a life jacket so that she could join me and the rest of the dogs for water playtime.

]]> By: Misaki https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-reasons-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-4-not-to/#comment-85375 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:23:22 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10353#comment-85375 Never thought about having to ‘teach’ a dog to swim I guess I thought it was instinctive. But yes probably a good idea!

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