Belle doesn't care one way or the other about water; it's just something to go through or around when we hike, but our coonhound Maggie absolutely hates it! She balks at crossing streams 1/2" deep or even mud puddles! For a dog breed that has been used to hunt all over forested land for raccoons (which of course love waterways) and in the Louisiana swampland, she certainly avoids the water!