Hopefully he'll warm up to the idea soon, it's getting so hot. We live in Michigan on the lake so we try to take Bower down to the lake but he doesn't seem interested because of the waves. We also went I think a little early this year and the water wasn't warm enough. We thought about taking him on the boat but want to wait until he enjoys the water more AND until we can find a big enough doggie preserver to fit him...our friend has a little jack russel and he is sooooo cute with his preserver on. We are going down to the lake in a little while but this time I am going to take his buddy Oz with us, Oz is a black lab and LOVES the water. Maybe he can coax him in