It took me a couple of summers to teach Pip how to swim. He loves to fetch sticks from the water, so I just kept throwing them out a little farther and farther. For a long time if they were far enough out where he would need to swim to get them, he would wade out as far as possible and then just stand and bark at them. Which was ok with me, he was still in far enough to cool off.
What really did it was one day at the dog park another dog swam towards his stick, and that he could not abide. So he took the plunge and got to it first, and has been swimming ever since.
What really did it was one day at the dog park another dog swam towards his stick, and that he could not abide. So he took the plunge and got to it first, and has been swimming ever since.
