Re: swimming

["Peggy & Kurt" <catboat3@attbi.com>]

Hi all
I think what Gina and Yanna said about other dogs is a big help for
swimming.  Katie was like the others - wanted nothing to do with water.  Her
daycare "mom" filled one of those small pools and she said Katie would just
dip her foot in and out. She started throwing balls in which got other dogs
jumping in and playing and Katie joined in.  We went camping at a lake last
weekend and she followed our other dog right in.  She was still not ready
for her feet to leave the ground, but she had a blast.  She was running and
jumping around, and even sticking her head under the water.  So, if you
single dog owners can borrow a dog that swims, that seems to help a lot!
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gina Heitz" <brier@oregonsbest.com>
To: <brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:20 PM
Subject: swimming


> The deal on swimming is this it takes time and usually a good reason to
> swim.  How we train ours to swim is to get them in a group of dogs get the
> excitement level up and just not worry about it.  Most of ours learn to
> swim or be left behind or left out.  We normally will start swimming by
> going to a shallow pond or slow moving stream and we cross.  You wanna be
> with us then you have to swim.
>
> Best,
>
> Gina
>
>