katysails wrote:

.he still can't swim, though, so he has to wear his life jacket to
and fro....


A few years ago I wouldn't have believed this. My brother came back from Alberta where
he had been living for some years, he brought with him two Newfies (dogs, not people), you know
the big stupid black dogs famous for their swimming prowess. Turns out one of them can't swim,
I couldn't believe it, so we coaxed Kevin into pushing the beast into the water from the dock,
sank like a stone, had to jump in and rescue it! ;-)

Cheers
Marty