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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 691317" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>IC, what's the competition where dogs do a sort of broad jump where they jump from a solid pier into a body of water or pool and are awarded based on how far they jump before the hit the water.</p><p></p><p>Used to laugh about this as I had GSDs and while they are excellent jumpers, and many really enjoy swimming and playing in the water, the breed does NOT have what it takes to be "water dogs". You'd have a shepherd making a big splash, sinking like a stone, and thrashing madly for the surface.</p><p></p><p>That said, many of them have such phenomenal noses that they can smell fish through several feet of water. I had one girl that would "point" pike for us in Germany. She would swim out in the river, sniff out the pike and swim in circles barking. </p><p></p><p>When she saw one of us preparing to cast, she'd back away to get clear of the lure, and if we hooked the pike, she had to be waved off of it, or she'd retrieve it, risking a set of treble hooks in her mouth.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, unless you have a known water dog, stick with putting a life vest on your dog. Some of the really drivey dogs, like Shepherds, will swim until they sink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 691317, member: 1963"] IC, what's the competition where dogs do a sort of broad jump where they jump from a solid pier into a body of water or pool and are awarded based on how far they jump before the hit the water. Used to laugh about this as I had GSDs and while they are excellent jumpers, and many really enjoy swimming and playing in the water, the breed does NOT have what it takes to be "water dogs". You'd have a shepherd making a big splash, sinking like a stone, and thrashing madly for the surface. That said, many of them have such phenomenal noses that they can smell fish through several feet of water. I had one girl that would "point" pike for us in Germany. She would swim out in the river, sniff out the pike and swim in circles barking. When she saw one of us preparing to cast, she'd back away to get clear of the lure, and if we hooked the pike, she had to be waved off of it, or she'd retrieve it, risking a set of treble hooks in her mouth. Anyway, unless you have a known water dog, stick with putting a life vest on your dog. Some of the really drivey dogs, like Shepherds, will swim until they sink. [/QUOTE]
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