I have been fortunate to enough to have some dogs who love to swim, I think this is wonderful as a form of exercise and fun and it also diminishes their fear of water. some dogs are bred to retrieve things from the water so they have an affinity for water in their genes, yet other dogs who don't have this trait in the genes also sometimes love to play in water. I do believe that you can condition this behavior in your dog from a puppy as I have experienced that between nature and nurture, alot of impossible things become possible to train your dogs through nurture. The same as humans who have never set foot in the water in their lives as children, fear the water as adults. This also applies to dogs as they are mammals too who learn as we do through experience.
I would love to hear other dog lovers thoughts on this subject. I have included a video of one of my babies - Shakira a miniature poodle having her daily swim, which surprises everyone. She has her own little pool but when I am not quick enough to put it out she improvises like now by swimming in her big brothers water bucket!
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