Thursday, December 22, 2011

Canthese breeds swim? Do dogs have to learn to swim, or can they figure it out quick?

Aside from those dogs that are heavily boned or short-legged or both so that staying afloat is very hard work for them and they tend to sink, all dogs are physically capable of swimming. Yours would be. If you tossed her into deep water, she would swim after a fashion and would figure it out very quickly. But don't do that; if they get frightened by water early on, they often never really get over that. She doesn't know yet that she can swim and has no reason to just dive in and try it. If you would like her to swim, and it's excellent exercise for dogs, then go into deeper water yourself and encourage her to follow, or throw a favourite toy a little further out each time until she swims to get it. Give lots of praise when she swims. And some dogs, while they can swim quite well, just never get keen on it. Cats can swim quite well too, but very few ever do it by choice.

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