Comments on: 5 Tips to Teach Your Dog To Swim (And 1 Reason Everyone Should) https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128349 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:49:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128349 In reply to Susan – The4legged.

Dachshunds can be really hard to fit in a life jacket. But your comment shares why it’s so important.

Would you believe that dachshunds are perhaps the most common breed we see living on boats? I guess your pup isn’t the only one who loves the water.

]]> By: Susan - The4legged https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128348 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:38:02 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128348 Love your blog and 5 tips to teach dog to swim. My Dachshund really loves water, specially He often bath himself, may be 4 times a day. He can swim but quickly tired in the strong surf and undertow.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128337 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:56:58 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128337 In reply to Debbie.

Wow, what a frightening experience. As a former foster person myself, I know it’s especially horrifying when a dog is in your care for a short time and something goes wrong.

Sounds like Ringo is a pretty resilient dog. Glad you and he were able to make sure he was able to swim for safety if for nothing else.

]]> By: Debbie https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128333 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:04:08 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128333 Love this post. Summer safety is one of those things that I’m a stickler about. We got Ringo as a foster and within 30 minutes he slipped and fell in our pool while chasing one of our other dogs. Because I’m one of those “crazy dog ladies” who actually watches her dogs outside, I was right there and jumped in to save him (after he panicked and sank straight to the bottom). I got him a life jacket the next day and started swimming lessons with him at the lake that weekend. I don’t care if my dogs don’t like to swim, but knowing that they CAN if they need to is SO SO important. I’m a stickler for life jackets too! Loved this, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128319 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:24:04 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128319 In reply to Jen Gabbard.

You don’t even want to know how many times I’ve seen people dragging their dogs into the surf just to have the pup scamper back to dry land and safety. Makes me want to ask, “Are you sure you love your dog?”

]]> By: Jen Gabbard https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128316 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:16:29 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128316 Great tips, and I especially love that you emphasize the importance of taking it slow. I cringe when I go to the beach and see people forcing their scared dog into the water before they’re ready. I don’t know if they realize how exhausting being scared is, and how much of an effect that has on their ability to swim. I also find it funny that people take their dogs to the lake to learn to swim but don’t want to get in themselves. Leading by example and showing them that ‘hey look I’m in here and fine’ works so well (for my dogs at least).

]]> By: Beth https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128312 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:02:47 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128312 I wish I could get to a dog-friendly beach easily. Years ago I had two dogs that loved to swim and it was so much fun to take them to Green Lakes. A few years ago we stayed at a cabin with a small lake nearby. My dogs had the chance to enter the water at their own pace. While they didn’t love it, I think Sophie would have if she spent enough time there. They did swim a little bit, but it isn’t their thing. Theo loves to float on the raft in our pool. He can swim, but he rarely chooses to do so.

]]> By: Lauren Miller (ZoePhee) https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128266 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:30:39 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128266 Swimming is so fun! Phoenix loves to swim, Zoe not so much but we keep working on it. We recently got a life jacket and I’m already noticing how much better Phee does in the water with it on!

]]> By: Jodi Stone https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128264 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:23:13 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128264 Delilah LOVES it, Sampson not so much. Sampson is more like Honey, a wader. He might go in if he’s hot, and take a quick swim, but then it’s right back out. Delilah’s favorite thing is to fetch in the water. It’s a shame we don’t have many places that allow dogs around here.

I’m glad Honey knows how to swim!

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-dog-to-swim-and-1-reason-everyone-should/#comment-128261 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:50:48 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=17737#comment-128261 In reply to Tenacious Little Terrier.

Is there anything Mr N can’t do? Glad he had the instincts to swim.

We know boaters who put their dogs in life jackets every time they go onto the dock because their dogs are clumsy and just fall overboard while not watching.

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