Swimming

[VTJess03]

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!

[Kenley's Cat Lady]

Russo loves loves loves swimming but he doesn't like baths and he hates the garden hose, can't figure that one. Playing fetch in the water is his favorite game (he won't play it on land)

[VTJess03]

As far as baths go, Belle and Maggie get in the bathtub on command, and then sulk while I bathe them. They are always happy to be done with bath time, but they try to make me feel sorry the whole time.

[elizabethann]

Fenway loves to fetch sticks in the lake, pond, river or stream. He walks on the beach but won't go in the ocean (he only gets wet if he's not paying attention and a wave runs him over).

However, Fenway is very afraid of in-ground pools. When we're in the pool, he runs upstairs, curls in a ball and takes a nap. I carried him in the pool once and put him in. He freaked, got out and we didn't see him for about 2 hours. I don't know what it is about in-ground pools.

[cmayer31]

Riley avoids swimming in the ocean, and hasn't had a chance with a pool yet. My prior dog, Frankie, wouldn't stay out of the pool. She would run around, get hot, and then swim to cool off. If she heard a splash in "her" pool, she would go crazy and howl until someone let her in the pool area. She was a nut about swimming .

However, Fenway is very afraid of in-ground pools. When we're in the pool, he runs upstairs, curls in a ball and takes a nap. I carried him in the pool once and put him in. He freaked, got out and we didn't see him for about 2 hours. I don't know what it is about in-ground pools.

I wonder if it has do do with splashing? Another one of my dogs would swim in a pool, or lake if there was no loud noises. The second there was splashing and people swimming, she was out of there.

[Jessika]

Jamie L-O-V-E-S to swim!!! I can't keep her out of a body of water, be in a pool, lake, stream, whatever! Regardless of temperature or time of day, she's a fish!

Charlie on the other hand will walk but not swim. He freaks out!