In message , Ken Fortenberry
writes
Bill Grey wrote:
Ken Fortenberry writes
I took a swim in the Pere Marquette a short while back. The canoe
got snagged on a submerged log and got sideways to the current at
which point the dog (that's right, I'm gonna blame it on the dog ;-)
decided to bail tipping one gunwale under water and sending me
flying out of the boat.
I trust the dog was OK - I'm not worried about you :-)

Oh yeah, she was fine until I pulled the canoe off the snag,
emptied the water out and told her to get back in. She has
no use for the canoe at all and she enjoyed her swim a hell
of a lot more than I enjoyed mine.


Damn! My Lab won't swim! He loves the water and will paddle in any
puddle, pond or even stream but backs off when the water level reaches
his undercarriage :-)

I once waded the river with Lab on tow but swimming apparently happily.
When I re-crossed the river I took off his rope lead and he had to swim
back himself. He did this well and I stopped halfway across and he just
swam around me. I thought he was "cured" but the following day he
didn't want to know about swimming.
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Bill Grey