Thread: Teaching a dog to swim

One other thing I would suggest if he is going to be a hunting dog, especially waterfowl.

Teach him to get in the water quietly, while leaping of a high bank at speed looks spectacular there can be things in the water that are nasty. You don't want your mate skewered on a branch or old waratah or such (it happens).

Losing a dog to old age is bad enough and really sucks but losing them thru an accident early is even tougher