Best Way To Get My Dog Used To Water

[Mark Baker 6]

i seem to have trouble in getting my dogs used to water any suggestions

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[connerdaboss 20]

Throw em in that's what I did lol

[bird 9,598]

I think you got to go with somebody that dogs love water+swim, ive always had the prob because my older dog will only go in aslong as its feet are on the deck, it wont swim noway , and unfortunately my young dog gone the same way , prob just watching him. so deff go with dogs that love water, that what ido next time if I had another pup, leave this fookin wimps at home and go with just pup .

[iworkwhippets 12,247]

Worst thing you can do is just chuck em in, from the word go as a pup, i introduced my bitch to water, streams. ponds, i just got myself in there, she soon followed, i made it fun for her, played ball, and now she loves the water. good luck

[tb25 4,626]

some love some hate it...mines both

[iworkwhippets 12,247]

[skycat 6,172]

Some lurchers just never take to water. I've had some that you can't keep out of the water, and others who won't ever go out of their depth, even on the hottest of days: I've even tried swimming with them to encourage them, but those that don't want to won't. No point trying to force a dog to swim if it just hasn't got any desire to. Most of my Saluki bred ones haven't been swimmers, but I've had the odd one that loves it.

 

Best way to encourage a dog that is nervous about swimming is to get a shallow lake or river where you can walk out with the dog until it has to swim: but that doesn't mean to say that it will ever go in on its own if it hasn't got a love of being in water.

[lurcherman 887 12,696]

Cant keep this pup out water me other one wont swim but pup goes strait in for a dip. Jumped in pool other day lol

[Lab 10,979]

Chuck it in

[lurcherman 887 12,696]

Same pup who likes to stand in.his water bucket

[the big chief 3,099]

Ya pups round the bend kev lol none of mine swim at all my dhx,s only go up to there belly

[lurcherman 887 12,696]

Hes mental gaf lol

[whippet 99 2,613]

WALK through water as pups , you go through they will follow , and then get deeper with time and they will take like duck too pond ......

[nothernlite 18,028]

Some do and some dont simple as dont force it