staffy sink

take my max today for a nice long walk in a nice place threes, water , he like to go in the water a lot is crazy to trow him the stick..so i did trow the stick a lot of time before never had any problem..but today i trow him a little to far i think and was going quickly after stick but never make it to return back ...i jump in the water quickly with all my close..phone everything to help him come back.my wife was very scared but after he got out of water was wanted to trow again another stick no stick today max .if he don't have nothing in his mouth he swim good fast..but when have a stick is slowly..hope he will learn and i also learn that staffy are not a good swimmers and must be small distance from shore

Poor max, glad he's OK ><

Jeez, that would have been nerve wrecking Daniel. My last wee Patterdale fell into a fast river and was swept away, I jumped in just as you did to get her.

Very dangerous though tbh.

Glad Max is ok though fella

Glad Max is fine unlike your phone and clothes!

Moo will only swim for a stick but as you mentioned it has to be a short distance, its the river/canal for us so not far to go. I have experienced them struggling to ><

MatLogan wrote:Jeez, that would have been nerve wrecking Daniel. My last wee Patterdale fell into a fast river and was swept away, I jumped in just as you did to get her.

Very dangerous though tbh.

Glad Max is ok though fella

i was in panic to be honest but my wife was worse because max was going under water only his nose was out . i glad also that he not become afraid to swim again silly max i will be very careful with him he really is like a baby i feel sorry now that i trow the stick a little to far.

Accidents happen mate, you dealt with it, that's all that matters

How frightening Daniel, and you did what most of us would have done in rescuing your dog - well done. I hope that you and Max have recovered tonight (although your clothes may take longer, and your phone - umm, probably a write-off! )

I've not heard before that Staffies are not good swimmers - is that true? I thought all dogs could swim.

Glad that Max is okay Must have been a scarey experience for you and your wife though.

I have also heard that staffs are poor swimmers but I am not sure if this is true - Chiquito has never been in more than a paddle pool! I imagine that some dogs regardless of breed would be better swimmers than others (??), however I am sure that someone with more experience than me will shed some light on the staffs swimming ability soon

Aww you must have been terrified, I'm glad max is ok

Lynda wrote:How frightening Daniel, and you did what most of us would have done in rescuing your dog - well done. I hope that you and Max have recovered tonight (although your clothes may take longer, and your phone - umm, probably a write-off! )

I've not heard before that Staffies are not good swimmers - is that true? I thought all dogs could swim.

believe me that is true are bad swimmers when i get home i check on google and i found that are bad swimmers because they have short legs they swim but small distance..was a small distance for my max but could't make it and i forget to say that i was 2 ours distance from home we are good now both of us

That must have been very scary! glad Max is OK though, and great that he's not scared to go back in the water.

Glad Max is ok!! I can imagine thats a pretty scary experience! It's good that its not changed Max's opinion about the water though

Glad you're both OK now Daniel. There was a poll on this forum in the winter about whether we would go into the water to rescue our dog and I'm even more sure now that I would now I know Staffs can't hardly swim (the short legs thing makes sense).

poor max,must have been awful for you and your wife,glad he is ok ><