Swimming Lessons

Winston had a huge advancement in his swimming lessons tonight! He has been happy to lounge on the steps in a few inches of water as the other 3 of us floated around the pool. Dex has floating with us, his front legs draped over our arm, down to a comfortable science. Tonight Winston was looking kind of longingly at us so I called him. He leapt off the top step and swam to me! After that he would swim to Dex, then to his mom, back to me, then to the love seat. He was ecstatic, like any other little kid that discovered the wonderful joy of a pool. He got so comfortable with it that he wanted to rough house with Dex while they swam which ended up with him swimming up on Dex's shoulders and onto his head, pushing Dex completely under water! I was close by and pulled Dex back up.

Dex is pissed! His last proprietary domain has been violated!

Winston still isn't drown-proofed (our goal), he can swim but doesn't know how to swim to safety if he falls in the pool. He will soon.
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oh how cool now u have 2 major wet puppys.. poor dex he lost his king of the pool name
Dex only gets in by way of the steps which gives us a chance to control whe he gets in. Winston is already showing signs that he will launch from anywhere! Not good!
Good for baby Winston!

I had my guys take a dip in the indoor pool at the Paw last week. (It was bath time, washing whites before the show last weekend). 2nd time ever for Bond. I had to laugh - he did the puppy pose on the 1st submerged step, just like Winston. :D
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