Does your Yorkie like to go swimming?

[yavenay]

I took her to a pond not really expecting to go near the water and to my surprise she jumped right in. Thankfully I had her on a leash. Totally surprise.

But I am not sure if she jumped in because she was trying to catch a fish or if she really liked it. Who knows with this little stinker.....she is such a tomboy. I do know water doesn't really bother her accept when I am washing the car. Then she gets all cujo and wants to attack the water coming out of the hose.

[DBlain]

Lola hates the bath but loves to swim regardless where, our lake, a pool, and even the ocean.

Here are a few of her wet, on my sister's diving board that she had just jumped off of, in a dock diving competition and in our lake. Normally she is in her life jacket but for quick dips by the shore she does not always wear it.

her love for swimming and balls does make me nervous though so we now have to keep her tied to a long tie out when on our boat. One time we were beached and she was hanging out on the back of our boat with us. she spotted some guys in the distance in the water playing catch with a football, before we could stop her she jumped right in and swam towards them so fast we could not catch her, good thing she was wearing her life vest. She also is know for rolling her ball into the water and them jumping in to get it.

[DBlain]

Lola has her own raft and a small inflatable boat, I like to paddle around the lake on my raft so I tie her raft to mine and we float around. I had to stop bringing her toy with us, since she pushes it off or drops it out of the boat and then jumps in after it. LOL not very relaxing for me after a while.

[danniko]

We tried to get Sophie to like swimming but it never happened! If we turn on the shower or start a bath and walk out of the bathroom she runs and hides thinking she is going to have a bath. During the bath she goes all limp noodle on us so it makes the process 10x harder and I think she secretly loves that it takes extra effort to stop her from slipping around because she won't stand on her own!

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by maxdog

I was just informed that it was Amazon not Petsmart, Here is the link.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


It says only 1 XXS left and more XS left.

That looks like a nice jacket at a very good price. On line is the best place to find them, make sure the straps Velcro and buckle The handle on the back of the vest makes it easy to pluck them up from the water

[gemy]

https://youtu.be/G5ka9q91CCU Thank God for life vests - my heart was in my throat

[gemy]

Donna great pics! Lola is crazy aboutwater like the Razzman

[Jkpal]

Jackson lovessss to swim. I always encouraged it though and made it a fun and positive experience, then he started jumping in

I love his mighty jumps/leaps into the pool---He is totally committed and super confident! I just adore your Jackson!!! I'll be curious to see my Piper's reaction to swimming--she's pretty willing to try new things, so I'm hopeful (Am I hearing Beach Boy music...?)

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by gemy

https://youtu.be/G5ka9q91CCU Thank God for life vests - my heart was in my throat

too funny I had not seen that video. That was exactly how Lola was going after those guys with the ball. Luckily she does not go after the ducks or geese in the water, they float by and she ignores them. We do make sure to stay out of the way of the swan though, those are nasty birds

Lola is sitting on my lap in a towel, on our way back from a walk we stopped by to see my friends grandkids that were playing by the lake, before you knew it Lola was in the water and they had: some small sponge type toys they kept throwing to her, she had so much fun. It's very hot here in MI today, mid 80's and extremely humid so I am sure it felt good for her to get wet.

[gemy]

Donna did you get any pics?

[Captainzing]

Originally Posted by gemy

https://youtu.be/G5ka9q91CCU Thank God for life vests - my heart was in my throat

Lol

Just like a duck

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by gemy

Donna did you get any pics?

no not today, I don't bring a phone or anything when we go for a walk, she was not really diving, just jumping from a low step. We did go in a contest on Saturday though, she did OK, longest jump was about 4.5 feet. they did it different than the others we have been in. Normally I have someone holding her at the far end of the platform and I get her excited by squeaking the toy then on the count of three they release her and she comes running and dives right in, this time no one else other than me was allowed on the platform, so I had to make her sit and stay, then come as I tossed the toy in the water, both times she stopped at the end of the dock. My friend kept tossing the toy in the air with the big hand held net and after about 4 tosses she went into after the toy but she did not go as far since she did not have a running start. There were a bunch of people there from a dock dive club in Toronto, I was wondering if that is the one you belong to. Kazzy and her family were there to see Lola dive, and they took photos but in all the confusion I forgot to look at them. I am not sure I am going to enter her in the contests any more. It's such a hassle bringing all her stuff, then hanging around waiting our turn and so forth, and I get all worked up, LOL like I was the one diving. I wound up missing a good part of the pet expo because we spent so much time at the dock area. She can dive anytime she wants to at the house so that should be enough. We will be in NY soon and everyone of my relatives have an in ground pool so she will be swimming then

[matese]

Originally Posted by gemy

https://youtu.be/G5ka9q91CCU Thank God for life vests - my heart was in my throat

That was sooo cute, but OMG, I would have went into panic mode.

[matese]

Originally Posted by Captainzing

How much were they ?

I don't have a pet smart close by here. Might check amazon .
My lil guy I don't think will get in the water unless, I put him in off the step

I got mine at Pet Supplies cost was under $25.00, it's similar to the one shown on the amazon site, has a piece that goes under their mouth to hold their head up out of the water.

[matese]

Originally Posted by Britster

Jackson lovessss to swim. I always encouraged it though and made it a fun and positive experience, then he started jumping in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMV2VrK2Q7k

I LOVE this video, I love the way Jackson fly's into the pool,he is one awesome lil pup.