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Originally Posted by baby yorkie  We're in Palm Bay. I watch my babies close in the back yard. They can't reach the water, but do get close to look in. They love to chase the frogs around the pool that fall in! I'm trying to teach both how to swim so they know how to get out in an emergency. I will have to get a ramp too, but they don't go in on purpose. Ally turns 2 years on the 31st at 3lbs 2oz and Tia will turn one year three weeks later at a little over 5 lbs (she won't stop growing). Living in Florida, we have too many hazards to leave these babies alone in a fence-in back yard: opossums, racoons, poison frogs, hawks, buzzards (one tried to get Ally), squirrels (if they finally catch them), snakes (almost got one), and pool. |
Dogs usually naturally know how to swim once you put them in water, I don't think you'd have to really 'teach' them necessarily... just be there to supervise and guide them.
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Originally Posted by celstu1 60s, shiver! LOL Its in the 20s here!
My boys LOVE our pool! They are in it from early may to late Sept! They are usually the first ones swimming for the season and the last ones at the end of the season! hahaha Its really cute! Our pool is fenced in and the dogs have to get downstairs to get outside, there is literally like 8 barriers they'd have to break through to get to the pool unattended. So far so good. The first thing I did was teach them where the stairs were so they knew when they jumped in, where to go to get out. That worked out well. I got them lifejackets and they wear them in the pool way more often than not. If i'm right there in the pool with them I may not put them on, but 95% of the time they wear them around the pool area. They will jump in and they love to play with the kids and they fall in a lot because they get too close to the edge. So I have to keep a really close eye on them. They really love it though! Here are some pics! |
I LOVE your boys! I wish we lived closer. I think Jackson would get along with them fabulously!