Swimmng

[douma]

Avra has just learned swimming

appicon appicon appicon appicon she likes as kangaroo BUT she swam.

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[Mom3]

Debbie Magon's post is hilarious ~ what a great "picture" it conjured up in my mind!

Our first Boxer, Winston, thoroughly enjoyed the water and swam every day in the summer in the Chesapeake Bay (and then came in the house to shake off). Our new Boxer, Riley, looks absolutely miserable in the water when my husband carries him in. He loves to run around our pool and see what our Labrador is doing in the water, but does NOT like to get wet.

I may be stating the obvious, but I'd like to pass on one bit of advice for people with swimming pools in their back yards: Even if your dog doesn't seem to like the water and you think he'd never jump in on his own, make sure you take him in the pool enough times to teach him where the steps are so he can get out. A 6 month old Labrador drowned here recently because he got into the pool area (which was gated off), but didn't have a clue how to get out of the water because the owners had never "introduced" him to the pool. :(

 

[TatianaB]

Re: Swimming

I am not sure why anyone says that boxers can't swim, because if you look at their feet, you will notice that they have webbed feet - almost like a duck. It is very important how you teach him to swim. The first time Pisu went in the water he was a few months old, and my husband held him like a little baby. He is now almost 7 years old, he can smell water a mile a way, and by the time you realize what is going on, he is long in the water. We have to fight with him to keep him OUT of the water. If no sticks are available, than he'll dive after rocks, that are on the bottom.

 

[Roxystar]

After Roxy's first experience with swimming we figured she would hate the water...boy were we wrong.

We went camping at a state park near our house and we decided to go canoeing. We found a livery that would allow you to take dogs down the river. We borrowed a life jacket for her but it was a little big. She hated the canoe when we first got in but she finally settled down. We had four canoes going down the river and no one really had control of their boat. Our friends brought their canoe next to ours and Roxy got so excited to see them that she tried to jump from one canoe to the other. She missed. When she fell in the water the life jacket shifted and pinned her legs so she couldn't swim. My friend reached into the water and pulled her out.

She was so scared she wouldn't stop shaking. She crawled up next to me and did not want to move. We pulled over to the side of the river and gave her some time to calm down. We decided that maybe the life jacket wasn't such a good idea since it was too big and she could probably do better without it. She must have got over her fear real quick because not even an hour later when we stopped she was a swimming maniac. She didn't want to come back in the boat she wanted to swim the rest of the way.

Now you mention the word swim, bath, or sprinkler and she goes nuts.clowicon You can't leave the shower curtain open in the bathroom because she'll jump right in the tub for a bath. Every time she goes out she runs right to the hose and whines until you turn on the water.

Just a tip, if your dog likes swimming, baths, or sprinklers, make sure you let them out about every half hour or chances are you could be cleaning up some big puddles!