I was watching an episode of "Petfinder" on Animal Planet recently and learned something I never knew - not all dogs immediately take to water. The dog featured in the episode accidently ran into a backyard pool and sank to the bottom. Thankfully, the host jumped right in to save him!
So when I came across this article on water safety for dogs I thought I'd share it with you - just in case you find yourself in a similar situation with a pup in need.
"There are certain things we assume dogs know by instinct. Sniffing, for instance, sometimes in embarrassing places. Barking, too, and begging for food scraps are also downloaded onto dogs’ internal computers at the factory.
Then there’s swimming. It seems so integral to being a dog that we’ve even named a stroke after them, the dog-paddle — so you’d assume that’s another thing that every dog is born knowing how to do."
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