The hot summer is coming, some shoveling officer may take their own dog to swim to cool down, many people think that dogs can swim, if just see some dogs that can swim, and then think that all dogs can swim, and then take them to swim, then is not a metaphysical error?

　　It’s like if one person likes rice and ten people on the side like rice, they think everyone likes rice? Maybe there are those who like steamed buns or noodles?

Can our Chinese Field Spaniels swim? Actually, that’s only part of the story, like Pugs, Pekingese, and Pine Siskins, they can basically only flop around in the water a few times. And they are just one type of Chinese Field Spaniel in general, whether they can swim or not, it really involves a lot of factors.

　　Labrador is actually not from Labrador, but from Newfoundland, Newfoundland you may have known, because its fisheries and mariculture industry is globally famous, Labrador in the beginning was called small Newfoundland dogs, St. John’s water hounds, black water hounds, etc., because it is not in the beginning as a guide dog or search and rescue dog now, but was used by the local fishermen to retrieve the codfish, as well as to help remove the fish hook after assist in removing the hooks after landing the fish, in addition to helping drag the wet and heavy nets back to shore, often having to go into the water to help their owners fish.

And the Labrador’s body structure is very well adapted to life in the water, it’s smaller but very sturdy, it’s a very strong swimmer, it’s overall streamlined, and it has a double layer of short hair with a thick layer of fleece in it, which just keeps them from freezing in the cold ocean water, and it’s much more efficient at work than a Newfoundland with a long coat on it!

And what are other breeds like short-legged dogs or dogs with shorter snouts?

Pugs, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs, Corgis, all of these dogs are very uncomfortable with swimming, why?

First of all these breeds have short but strong limbs for short sprints and bursts, which is related to the nature of their cattle herding and bullfighting work, and along with this work, these dogs tend to have close-fitting nasal passages and facial folds for easy drainage of blood, which is designed to work especially well when working, but kills them when swimming!

On the one hand the small short legs stirring the water is not as easy as the long legged dogs, because the contact surface is small, in addition to the narrow nasal passage itself is demanding to breathe, in addition to easy to choke, so we find that the short legged dogs in the water flopping particularly strong, but a lack of attention, just two minutes, the dog will choke to death!

Also, swimming is something that a lot of people have to pay a lot of money to be taught by an instructor to learn, so what makes you think a dog is born with it, it’s not a fish?!!!

Just like people who are near water in the South tend to learn to swim, but there will still be a few of them that just can’t swim by nature.

In the kind of places up north where you basically don’t swim in the water, there will be a few people who can learn to swim, but most of them can’t swim either.

Just throw the dog in the water and let him swim? That’s murder!

So how do we determine if our dog can swim or not?

First of all: we first look at the dog’s breed, in general If the dog’s previous work did not have anything to do with water, then it basically does not have the ability to swim (in the water to flap a few times that is not called swimming, that is called playing in the water, no defense, thank you!) , like sled dogs, they are able to float in the water for a bit, but are very anxious to get to shore.

What are the dogs whose specialty is swimming? First is the water hound: Portuguese water hound, Spanish water hound, Irish water hound and Dutch Ruderhound, American water hound, long-haired droopy-eared hound ……

In addition to the water retriever, some retrievers need to go to the water to catch and retrieve the prey, often also have the ability to swim, like the golden retriever, Labrador retriever, curly-coated retriever, smooth-coated retriever, Chesapeakes Bay retriever, Nova Scotia Duck Retriever, if the dog at home is one of these kinds of dogs, then basically the probability of 95% it is not afraid of the water and can learn to swim quickly, of course, some of them may also be dry ducks, which is a possibility. Of course, some of these Retrievers may also be dry ducks, which is also a possibility.

Second: Tell if your dog can swim from its behavior.

If the dog is not afraid of water, and even likes to roll around in puddles of standing water or mud puddles, then we can first regard them as having access to water, and if they are the ones who see the puddles and avoid them on their own, then such pets 100% do not like water and are not very good at swimming.

Or you can also take the initiative to take your family pet to the pool and see if it wants to go down, which is the first step in teaching your pet how to swim so that it doesn’t resist.

Next: the pooper scooper needs to determine if he really wants to teach his dog to swim.

There are a number of benefits of dog swimming, can strengthen the training muscles, while the pressure on the joints will not be too much, so like some pets after joint surgery in the recovery exercise, will be through the swimming this way, like suffering from hip disease dog, not suitable for intense exercise, and swimming on its joints of the burden is small, the use of swimming can be exercised its muscles.

Swimming also corrects your dog’s externals, which don’t appear due to tiles because of the evenness of the force in the water.

Additionally swimming is much more strenuous for your dog and enables them to burn off energy quickly after exercise.

If you are sure that you want to teach your dog how to swim, in the beginning, you can actually use a dog life jacket! That’s right, dogs actually have life jackets. And what’s more, the most important thing: never push your dog into the water again when it’s desperately trying to get to shore! Most dogs that can swim don’t act like this, so if he’s very scared and lunges aggressively, take care to get your dog to shore first. Otherwise after the lack of energy, the dog will sink into the water!