Dogs Swimming: 5 Must Do Steps For Dogs Who Hate Or Love The Water #162 #podcast

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Off to buy a baby pool! My 11 months old Border Doodle will not get her paws wet for any reason - toys or food. She'd rather hop on the paddle board with me for a ride! Now, living by a lac, I see this as a blessing and an opportunity to make swimming both safe and rewarding! She is already under training for urgent recall and we will add these lessons to our daily training routine. She is already wearing a life jacket when on the paddle board but never swam with it as we have never fell in, yet! Best we get to the swiming training asap! Thank you for this great step by step guide, can't wait to start!

I can't wait to work on this with Chance. If we asked him today he would say water is something i tolerate as long as i have a peanut butter lick mat stuck to the tub.

Thank you, Susan Garrett! We averted what could have been a Christmas Eve tragedy... I opened the lower patio gate, the dogs, two 5-year-old 80 lb. rescue Pitties I’ve had only since July, took off running after something, lost their target then began playing. Sammie (m) accidentally knocked Lina (f) in the pool. Because of Susan's swimming lessons, Lina didn't panic, pulled herself halfway up, and by then I was by her and able to help her out the rest of the way! (Podcast # 162). If anyone wondering if the kiddie pool lessons work, yep, you bet they do! When it was time to get them into the cement pool with a life jacket, they weren’t fearful, although they were a bit hesitant at first and weren’t thrilled, it made the transition enjoyable to all of us. AND, today was absolute proof, teaching your dog to swim is a must!

Thanks so much for this amazing, FREE, content! Love love this way of teaching. My dog is a water baby, unfortunately I've taught him that 'OK then' means go on in the water....I'm the process of changing this cue! Whilst on a walk, I spoke to someone and said, 'ok then' and when I looked for my dog, he's merrily swimming around a filthy stagnant pond, it wasn't pleasant, he thought it was fabulous!

Gonna give this a go! We took our boy to a doggy pool a week ago, the hydrotherapist told us to hold him above the water to get him to swim and then guide him to the ramp…he was okay and picked it up, but seemed to hate being IN the water but when he got out wanted to get straight back in but couldn’t figure out how to start swimming. We’ll wind it back and start with this 😊

This is perfectly timed for me! I've been working on getting my 5-month-old Duck Toller used to water in a shallow river close to home, but we're now at the cottage with a steep, rock slope into the lake. Our dogs have always just joyfully bounded into the lake, but this puppy is not quite sure he wants to go beyond his front shoulders. Now I have some tips for how to get him used to the feel of the water on his belly and hind end, and also how to teach him to just "go for a swim" and not drive me crazy with the expectation that I'm the loading dummy machine!

This is great ! I am excited for summer for my dogs and swimming. I like hearing all of the building blocks regarding growing the love of water, but what about getting the pooch to leave the pool, stream or lake etc ? What conditioning cue would you suggest ? This lesson will help with learning to enjoy baths too ? What suggestions would you have for getting their heads wet , did I miss this step in another podcast ?

I have a Basenji : they are like cats : they HATE water even so bad that she won't go into the garden to go pee if the grass is . wet . She won't go outside when it rains . I would be glad the solve THAT in the first place . so thank you for this video and give it a try.

My dog absolutely LOVES low streams, up to his belly or even higher. Problem is when we get in the pool, he wont get off the steps. He doesnt love swimming. He loves being in the water, cooling off etc. but doesnt care for swimming.

Thanks so much for this! I have a 2 year old bloodhound that I have done really nothing with in regards to swimming. These steps are going to help a lot!

Katherine C 1 second ago I’m so grateful to Susan that I got to learn from her water work with Encore and love of water training with This! So great to be in Recallers! I’ve converted my Rusti from HATE to LIKE water. This podcast taught me yet another or more new ideas Like SPIN and walking around the pool and not jump in without being told. Also love the concept of not swimming out just to retrieve and return for more fetch. We’ve been doing that lots and didn’t realize the effect until Susan mentioned it. Now it would be doubly awesome if there’s a part 2 teaching how to get the dog to understand that we want them to swim and hold the toy without bringing back for more ‘fetch’. Rusti did guard his ball at the beach when other dogs approached. I had to stop the swim with ball before it turned ugly 😬😊

Thank you for making things attainable and make sense. In the real world

Perfect timing! I have the kiddy pool, it's hot, and I am looking forward to doing this with both of my dogs. Your description of Belief's reaction to water made me laugh because that describes my Annie to a T! LOL

I really needed this podcast. Thank you Susan and Team.

Thank you so much for this! Practising hard! Just praying for warmer weather here in Scotland!

Thank you once again. I have been sharing your podcasts with many of my friends. I'd love a second part, as well, on how to get your dog to keep swimming and not get out of the water after one lap.

this is fabulous. I had a water-shy Labrador retriever...and hubby wanted to John Wayne the water training...Aargh! I caught her before the landing in the water...she's still a bit uneasy in water, but I'll try this to see if I can give her a more joyous experience with water.

Thank you so much for this. l have been trying to get Max (one year old GS) to get in his paddling pool to cool down and of course I was doing it totally wrong 😁 I added water and tried to encourage him to retrieve his favourite toys. Obviously my approach is a complete failure to now I can do it properly so thank you again ❤️🐕‍🦺

I love this so much! My guys will swim, especially the lab (of course!), but I love the earlier steps…they make a lot of sense to me! And I’ve always wanted my dogs to lie down in the baby pools that are frequently found at agility but hadn’t had any luck training this to date…this video shows me where I went wrong. I too am not clear on how to train duration for a swim, and swimming without fetching. Will there be another video focusing on this?