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kismet · 07-24-2008, 01:31 PM

Oh my gosh! My boys think swimming is part of the weekly fun and we have to spell the "swim" word or they go crazy. We have two yorkies in our family and 3 in our extended family and they all love to swim. Each have the life jackets from SitStay.com that has the handle on the top. We live on a lake and have a Sea Doo on a platform that goes down into the water. They love to swim back and forth to our float and the platform and whoever is swimming. One of our Yorks, Harley loves to dive from several feet up on the boat dock .(He learned jumping in with a sheltie. Those two dive in with us like little polywags). He would rather swim than eat! I think the trick is to introduce them when they are 4 to 6 months old. I think in the winter if I bought a pup I would even introduce a young dog to a bathtub with me in it. They get lots of exercise that is easy on the joints. We teach them how to get out of the water also on a ramp next to the lake wall in case if anything ever happened they could get out of the water without us. In my sister's pool they all learned how to get out safely. Take the time to make them safe around the water and then...enjoy!

07-24-2008, 01:31 PM	#2
kismet Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tool Texas USA Posts: 33	elite swimmers Oh my gosh! My boys think swimming is part of the weekly fun and we have to spell the "swim" word or they go crazy. We have two yorkies in our family and 3 in our extended family and they all love to swim. Each have the life jackets from SitStay.com that has the handle on the top. We live on a lake and have a Sea Doo on a platform that goes down into the water. They love to swim back and forth to our float and the platform and whoever is swimming. One of our Yorks, Harley loves to dive from several feet up on the boat dock .(He learned jumping in with a sheltie. Those two dive in with us like little polywags). He would rather swim than eat! I think the trick is to introduce them when they are 4 to 6 months old. I think in the winter if I bought a pup I would even introduce a young dog to a bathtub with me in it. They get lots of exercise that is easy on the joints. We teach them how to get out of the water also on a ramp next to the lake wall in case if anything ever happened they could get out of the water without us. In my sister's pool they all learned how to get out safely. Take the time to make them safe around the water and then...enjoy!