The question of how to teach a dog to float, can rather be set in a different way: how to save her from hydrophobia. Actually all dogs are able to swim since the birth, this ability in them wakens instinctively. Once you release a dog in water, it immediately will orient and will instantly float to the safest place – to the coast or in hands to the owner. If your dog does not want to get into the water, then you can only try to save it from fear of water.
Instruction
1. The love for swimming not always depends on what breed your dog, sometimes is the trait of character inherent only to it. Almost all hunting dogs with pleasure get into the water, especially those who take part in hunting for a bird. Norny dogs, especially dachshunds, too big fans to swim for a while. Not really shepherd's dogs, the Central Asian and Caucasian sheep-dogs love water. However, exceptions happen always. If your dog is afraid of water, and you want to save it from this fear, treat process as training and education.
2. Do not act by the principle at all: "Will want to live – will come up", pushing together a dog in water at a depth. You can be sure that it without special work will reach the coast, but here hardly after such "bathing" will stronger fall in love with water. Moreover, to these you can finally frighten an animal, and such violent heats for it will always be wrapped in the real stress. The dog will perceive it as punishment, but will not understand – for what.
3. If your dog – still a puppy, then you can use her instinctive aspiration to training and repetition of actions of the senior member of pack. A good occasion to overcome hydrophobia – a game in which fuse many dogs are so forgotten that plunge into the water behind the thrown toy or a stick. At first just walk along water with a dog. She has to accustom, understand that there is no danger. Let the puppy come into water, drinks it.
4. After a while start a practical training. Holding a dog for a lead, but not wearing out her, you come together on the flat, small place, move in water along the coast. If your pet is reluctant, take him on hands, take, having a little lowered in water, hold him, without holding down movements of a dog.
5. Play with a dog at water, take its favourite toy. Throw it at first near the coast, then far away. Do not forget to give to a dog something tasty when she gets a toy from water and will bring to you. Gradually your patience will be rewarded and the dog will get used to water, will begin to swim with pleasure, especially in hot weather.