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Yorkie in Swimming Pool I live in Florida and it is HOT here! I was wondering if my little baby would like to go in the pool and if it was even safe for him to swim in there? Has anyone done this or tried this? |
Some love it, some hate it. Some people get a little wading pool to let them play in safely, and others are good swimmers in pools, lakes, etc. Here's a sample, and there are many more videos of Yorkies swimming: |
Try the tub. Kaji takes a swim in the tub sometimes, he hates it. :rolleyes: You can control the amount of water and the temp in the tub. |
Here is another of my favorite Yorkie swimming videos: Go to this site and click on "Skinny Dip" Videos |
awwwww that little pup looked like he was having a blast. On a really hot day Ill take him out to see if he likes it or not. |
Since I have a pool it was important to take each of the doggies in and make sure they knew how to swim, and could swim to the steps to get out if they fell in accidentally. Tiki is the only one who really loves being in the pool, and the others just tolerate it and want out as fast as possible. |
I am going to type my response in caps so people understand how serious this is...many yorkies drown because they get in a pool and cannot get out but if done right can have a great time... YORKIES SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS A TWO YEAR OLD AROUND A SWIMMING POOL. THEY SHOULD BE SUPERVISED AT ALL TIMES!!!!.. |
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We bought a little dog pool from Petsmart last year & I would NEVER let them outside without us watching them anymore then I would a small child. Not that they went into the pool one time anyway! :cool: |
1 Attachment(s) My babies love the pool. But we take every precaution to make sure they are supervised near the pool. Just like the other person said they are like 2yr olds. Here is a picture of them: My daughter and son are in the pool with them. My daughter is pushing them around in the boat. This was last year, before we had Wally. My Trixie can not swim she is the big one. My pebby is the little one and my dare devil. She will jump right out of that boat!!! |
awww what cute pics. What about at the beach like walking along the shore? |
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We have a life vest for our baby as we have taken her out on our kayak. If you want to take your baby in the water, get him a vest and see what happens. Then just keep him in the vest at all times while he is anywhere near your pool. Have a safe and happy summer.:) |
We lived in Florida for ten years. I used to take Toffee into the pool with me, at first I kept putting her on the steps until she knew where they were. My husband and I would let her swim back and forth between us, but invariably she would swim past us and over to the steps. My one thing I had to watch for was that she would run around the pool and bark at the 'chippies' running on the screen roof, because when she barked she would always make little backward jumps with each bark, and I would hear 'bark', 'bark', 'splash'- she always would swim around the wall to the steps:DBUT I DID ALWAYS WATCH - JUST LIKE A BABY!!!!!!!! |
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Yes - I also have a life jacket - and now I guess I will have to get another one for this summer's boating!!!!!:) |
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We have a pool and we never let those boys out there alone. Unattended, they could fall in and drown. For safety, I recommend people w/ pools have a Skamper Ramp (cheap, easy to install). We sometimes let our babies in the pool in summer and they like it (though they like a lake much better). Be sure to bathe them after a pool bc of the chemicals :). |
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If you are going to be around water I would suggest a lifejacket too. All of mine have one when we take them out on our boat. :) |
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A dear friend of mine lost his dog who fell into the pool at night because the gate was not shut.it only took 5 minutes.:( I remember warning him about this and he said, oh the dog knows better we have lived here for 10 years...I will never forget him calling me, crying to tell me what happened. Living in AZ with so many pools I was always shocked at how many little children also drowned...just tragic and it doesn't need to happen. |
i take gatsby to the local park to swim this may seem strange but we have a long (several miles) pretty clean stream that we are allowed to get in the rule is pretty much if you want to get in go ahead but we have to wear clothes no bathing suites in the park anyway i called and they told me thear wear no rules against dogs in the water so we took the dogs down got right in the water with them and swam around for like two hours when gatsby got tired he would clime out and walk on the land(exdendable leach) it was alot of fun and he swam fine |
My Jackson *loves* water of ANY kind.... he just loves it. He will dive in the pool (if we're in it), he loves to run along the ocean on the beach, he loves ponds, lakes, puddles, any kind of water he can find, LOL. I just invested in a doggie lifejacket for when we visit over my dad's house with his pool and we tried it out today and he loved it. His most favorite thing to do though is lay down on the top step and just chill out and cool off. My 5 year old brother died in 2006 from drowning so I'm very over-protective around the water. |
Here's our swimming pool! |
Coral loves to swim. She gets on the first step, swims a few feet, turns around, and gets back out at the steps. I always make show i show her where the steps are at a new pool. She only swims for a couple minutes, but seems to love it. |
1 Attachment(s) oops problem with pic..... Here we go |
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This looks brilliant. We will have to get this if we decide to take him into the big pool. Right now, he loves the inflatable baby pool. Great idea. |
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Does anyone have problems keeping water out of their ears??? |
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