Its funny, even though she's a Portuguese Water Dog, she prefers the
float to actually swimming. Maybe this year she'll do better - we're told
it
really takes a few years to learn how to swim efficiently

We keep the life hacket on Choppie in the water, roo and wwhile in the
donghy...he has the same "water dog" problem...goes in willingly but won't
swim a lick without the life jacket..prefers to stand on his hind legs
walking out until he's shoulder height standing upright...really
weird....the labs and goldens don't seem to have these
proclivities....haven't tried him on a float, yet...maybe that would
work....
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