PestDog suddenly realised he can swim a couple of weeks ago (it was like a lightbulb moment) and now every time we go near the dog pond he will find a stick and ask me to throw it in the water so he can swim after it, wagging his tail furiously as he goes.
However, a couple of times he's come out seemingly having inhaled a little water, coughing and wretching. Clearly not at death's door because he was still more than happy to play tug of war with the stick, but it didn't look very pleasant. I think yesterday's selected stick was a bit wide and so held his mouth open further than was ideal, but he'll only go in if there's something to fetch.
Has anyone else's dog done this and if so did they learn how to do the breathing bit of swimming more reliably?
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Dog likes swimming but keeps inhaling water droplets...
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AvocadosBeforeMortgages · 27/05/2018 11:37
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