There's a spot on our usual walk that I cannot linger at when it is cold otherwise Dougal will run around barking at me til I throw something in the river. During the summer he got very good at swimming right out and fetching a toy or stick that I threw in. He doesn't seem interested in just swimming but he does like fetching. He doesn't like swimming in the ocean though and gets quite upset if I go out in the water.
Dixie only paddles at the river but she seems to like the salt water and waves at the beach more. Not that she swims but she frolicks in the water and looks very "drowned rat" afterwards. Bless her!
When you hold her over the water she starts swimming it's the cutest thing. I will take her out and make her swim to me just to give her the confidence that she can. But I don't think she's very hydrodynamically designed, she's got a barrel round body -- not fat, just broad chested -- and little thin delicate paws. Dougal has big broad paws and seems to swim better than the Wee. |