Lucy and Tucker have a raft. Lucy loves to jump in and get wet when she's really hot (which is most of the time), but she cannot get back on the raft herself. Tucker is scared of water and prefers to not even get in. He is apprehensive on the raft with Lucy, because she's very erratic on it.... pacing all over and rocking the boat, so to speak. She's tipped him in more than once. We call her Captain Lucy. They can swim, but tire easily and I never ever leave them alone. Our deck has a gate that I keep closed at all times unless I'm there.
I saw the life vests at PetSmart, the Pet Saver brand was $16.99 and they had an XSmall. The Pet Edge catalog has them for 7 or 8$ but there's a minimum order of $65 and an upcharge for not meeting the minimum. We'll probably order them from there, as they have so much other cute stuff.
There is also something called a Scamper Ramp which you attach to the pool edge and it gives them traction to get out of the water. I don't know exactly how it attaches with different kinds of pools, but it looks pretty neat.
The chlorine doesn't seem to bother the dogs, but Tucker's hair is longer and it tends to tangle up more anyway, and so I'm not sure I can really blame the chlorine altogether.
Teresa |