do your rotties like water!

[joquendo]

I was wondering how many of your rotties actually like water??? -

I purchased a kiddie swimming pool - with the hope of them enjoying the water to cool down... but alas - non of them will touch it... to them its just a huge drinking bowl... I was blowing bubbles for them - and decided to blow them in the pool to see if they would go in to catch them - but NO... they just stood around iin dissappointment as they saw the bubbles dissapear in the water... ;)

A couple of weekends ago I was at a Bark in the Park event, and they had kiddie pools filled with water, and I saw many rotties go and lay in the water !

[K-9Girl]

My male, Kodi, just loves water! When I am out watering the lawn he is right at my side biting at the water coming out of the hose! He is so funny. By the time the lawn is watered, Kodi is soaking wet! My other two don't seem to like the water as much. Even when Kodi was a pup he would play in the water coming out of the hose....it's one of his favorite things to do!:)

I have also been wanting to get a kiddie pool for them, I think that Kodi would have a ball!

Sara

[Storm]

My guy loves the pool.................but seems to go the same way as the Titanic, every time............. ;)

[KattOK]

Holly doesn't like water. If I could get her in a kiddie swimming pool, she'd stand there always on 3 legs and would get out as soon as possible. I kept the pool filled the rest of the summer because as you said it made a large drinking bowl and in 100+ temps she needed all the water she could get. But I never bought another pool.

[pride-and-joy]

Hmmm. I wonder what makes some like it and some care less?

My Jake has always loved it. Even as a little puppy he would dunk his head down to the bottom of the water bucket to retrieve a toy...with his nose blowing bubbles like a fish tank filter!

Now at 2 yrs old...he runs and does big belly flops off the dock at the lake, swims like a fish and dives down for balls. I have to drag him out when it's time to go home.

Oh yea...and he loves to swim after the ducks. Thank God I have him on a long line so I can reel him back in. Otherwise I think he'd go too far out and have to be rescued by a boater

[Tinybear]

My dearly departed, Bear, loved water and the water hose. He loved going to the lake, we got him a kiddy pool once and he hated that. I think the bottom was too slick for him.

I now have an eight month old Rottie, Rascal he loves the water hose---I barely can water my flowers because of him.

[Diamond Dog]

My female loves the water. She belly flops and will dive 3 feet under the water to get toys.

My 7 month old will go on the 1st step of the pool like crazy and loves standing in it and going to that first step. I just can't seem to get him to go to the 2nd step or start swimming around. He watches the female, so I am hoping he will pick it up.

I strated him in a kiddie pool. I would feed his dinner to him in it. I just cant get past this 1st step thing. Its weird because he loves going in the pool sop much, but only to the 1st step. Usually it seems these dogd either love or hate the water. Anyone have any insights or suggestions?

[pride-and-joy]

Originally posted by Diamond Dog

but only to the 1st step. Usually it seems these dogd either love or hate the water. Anyone have any insights or suggestions?

I threw dog cookies (Milk Bones float;)) in the lake...

He'd venture a little further with each throw. Finally it got to the point where he had to swim or forfeit the cookie. Aint happening with this food hound! Now he retrieves sticks, balls, cookies...no matter how deep the water.

It just took that one plunge for him to realize "hey...I'm swimming!!" to get his confidence up.

[IRIE'S MAMA]

Irie LOVES the water. She can't get enough of it. She is a big fan of the hose too. It's great except for if you forget to shut the bathroom door when you take a shower.....you get a big wet dog sitting behind you in the shower:p

[myagirl]

Mya loves to splash in the water, but only as long as her feet can touch the ground!! When we take her up north she loves to play in the water on the beach or at the sand bar, but swimming is definately not her forte!! As far as the hose goes, it depends on her mood-lol! Sometimes she loves to try to catch the water and get all wet, other times she wants nothing to do with it!! Go figure....

[ILVROTTIS]

Mia hates it, she doesn't mind it in the bathtub, but hates the hose and kiddie pools. We took her to the lake and she stepped in like it was so disgusting and came right back out, its been in the high 90s here so i try to keep her cooled off, im doing it with an air conditioner and a spray bottle of cool water

[Harleysmom]

My first rottie did not like water at all. I was hoping Harley would be different but so far is not. I am going to try and bribe him with treats and toys into a kiddie pool. He is only 5 months so I hope he will eventually like it. We have a lab who adores it. (go figure)
I was hoping Harley would watch her and join in, but no way. Harley does tolerate his bath with very good manners but I can tell it is not his favorite thing to do, until we are done that is.:D

[Miabella]

Mia was a little skeptical the first time I brought her swimming. She was about 2 years old, and I don't think she'd ever been swimming before (she's a rescue, so I can't know for sure). I let her take her time, and after about 20 mintutes she was swimming and loving it. She also loves to run through sprinklers. We're going to the beach this summer, so I'll report back with her reaction to the ocean.

[Alaskan]

Mine love water and will just wiggle themselves nearly inside out when they realize that they were getting a bath.:)

[AkirasMom]

Ahhhhhl.... good to know that rotties CAN swim! i wasn't so sure.

kira is not at all enthused about getting in the water. i finally pulled her (slowly but surely) into the hudson river this week (with temps above 90 and very humid). then she seemed to not mind it too much - i think the noise of the "waves" lapping up on the beach freak her out...(mind you - this is a river - NOT THE OCEAN...) oy. maine should be fun and VERY interesting next week! :)