Learning to swim

Iza is teaching herself how too swim. She goes in the water lies down on the shallow bed and crawls along its so cute. Think she's getting ready for deeper water

So does your Staff like a swim?

Mia isnt overly keen on puddles and tolerates the bath a drop of rainwater ud think was torrential downpoir.

Millie loves swimming she will jump off anything to go for a swim

Flo will if it's a dead calm sea. I don't think she's over confident with water to be honest but won't sink if she ends up in a stream

Sounds like Iza might be a bit of a water babe Col

Had to put her on the extendable lead when in sea just in case she got swept out show you pics when photobucket decides i can upload from my pics library grrrr.

Ah yeah... Love to see Iza on holiday Col

Bug hated rain for the first 2 years, then tried it one day in a stream on a really sunny day - she was so rubbish at first bless her all over the place and big splashes! Now you can't get her out - she dives/belly flops in and will swim out really far (which is so nerve wracking for me!) and if you try to leave she cries and won't move! She swims up to the waves and rides back in on them

Sounds adorable Iza practising bless her! Mega cutie.

I haven't tried giz in a river or the sea yet. he does not appreciate water which is a real shame because i think it'd be great fun to swim.

Suki wont go near the water

That's something you'll have to video mate.
We're working on Theia in the sea and I think she's getting there but no swimming yet. We've even had her in the pool at the training centre we go to but she's not too keen. Floyd on the other hand was swimming mad!

Samba loves the water. We live in a freshwater area so he learnt to swim in freshwater creeks/rivers & he loves a good drink from them, but when we went to the coast afew months ago he thought it would be ok to drink that water how wrong he was, he was coughing & sneezing & shaking his head, i told him not to drink it!!!

I taught Chaos to swim and Millie is learning it's ok now. Chaos was also a puddle avoider to start off with but I like them to know that they can swim just in case they ever need it. He will now crash into water (I've got some fab pics) and loves racing Nola for ball.

Millie loathed hydrotherapy. She literally shook with fear despite every training technique I could think of. Surprisingly, though, she was ok paddling in puddles and at the edge of the sea. Then, about 2 weeks ago, she decided to follow Nola in when the tide was really high and hasn't looked back since. Nola, being a lab/retriever, can't get enough of the wet stuff.

Swimming pics needed, by the way!

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t30057p50-swimming-photos#954839

I can't help but feel Rio would just sink....although he has lost weight and is only 25kg now!

He won't venture into the sea more than his belly at the moment...

Casper goes in for a paddle and to 'catch' seaweed but never actually goes deep enough to swim

we did'nt know until last year sash could swim,she always like to paddle but last year on a really hot day she just went for it,she never ceases to amaze us