Mike Uslan wrote 05/26/2006 01:12 PM dog swims underwater #107300 - 05/26/2006 01:12 PM
Mike Uslan Webboard User Reg: 04-14-2006 Posts: 27 Loc: Offline	My 6 month old GSD will now chase things underwater. He submerges his entire head and body underwater and tries to bite things. Leaves, sticks, coconuts, fish, whatever he can see underwater he will try to bite it. While I think this is totally cool is it bad for ear infections or anything? I am in Hawaii so the sea water is pretty clean.
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susan tuck wrote 05/26/2006 03:23 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Mike Uslan ] #107301 - 05/26/2006 03:23 PM
susan tuck Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2006 Posts: 1608 Loc: Cali & Wash State Offline	Wow, what a very cool pup <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />. Maybe, when you guys are done swimming, & after he shakes real good, you could gently stick cotton puffs in his ears to absorb any extra water? Other than that, I would think the salt water would be good for the ears, (like a mild astringent, maybe?).
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John Aiton wrote 05/26/2006 04:03 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Mike Uslan ] #107302 - 05/26/2006 04:03 PM
John Aiton Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2005 Posts: 331 Loc: Glasgow, Scotland Offline	Mike I'd LOVE to see that! Could you get us some footage? John
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Angela Washburn wrote 05/26/2006 04:03 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: susan tuck ] #107303 - 05/26/2006 04:03 PM
Angela Washburn Webboard User Reg: 12-27-2001 Posts: 459 Loc: Brooksville, FL Offline	My old gal Oxana dives in the pool all the time. If her kong is in the pool, doesn't matter deep end or shallow, she'll go get it then go to either the steps or the swimout. She's been doing this for years and never any problems, but it's also a cholorinated pool, not the ocean. Last summer she kept diving until she was around 2 wks away from whelping. Great exercise for them. Angela W. Vom Landholz GSD's http://www.vomlandholz.com
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Maren Bell wrote 05/26/2006 04:40 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Mike Uslan ] #107304 - 05/26/2006 04:40 PM
Maren Bell Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2006 Posts: 184 Loc: Columbia, MO Offline	My Malinois likes to act like a porpoise at the creek on the trail we go to and ducks his head up and down. I have no doubt he'd dive if the creek were deep enough. I swear, he's part lab...that's awesome you can swim all the time down in Hawaii. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> "You don't have to train a dog as much as you have to train a human."--Cesar Millan
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Mike Uslan wrote 05/26/2006 07:18 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Angela Washburn ] #107305 - 05/26/2006 07:18 PM
Mike Uslan Webboard User Reg: 04-14-2006 Posts: 27 Loc: Offline	thats cool, and exactly the kid of reply I was looking for. If I had a swimming pool i'd try that. Thanks!  Quote: My old gal Oxana dives in the pool all the time. If her kong is in the pool, doesn't matter deep end or shallow, she'll go get it then go to either the steps or the swimout. She's been doing this for years and never any problems, but it's also a cholorinated pool, not the ocean. Last summer she kept diving until she was around 2 wks away from whelping. Great exercise for them.
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Mike Uslan wrote 05/26/2006 07:20 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: susan tuck ] #107306 - 05/26/2006 07:20 PM
Mike Uslan Webboard User Reg: 04-14-2006 Posts: 27 Loc: Offline	yes, it doesnt really get too dirty in the ocean. I took him down to a stream once and his ears were filthy after. Way too much mud.
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Mike Uslan wrote 05/27/2006 01:58 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Maren Bell ] #107307 - 05/27/2006 01:58 PM
Mike Uslan Webboard User Reg: 04-14-2006 Posts: 27 Loc: Offline	The best story so far... I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday about this diving underwater thing and he said his Lab has been doing it all his life. This lab had accompanied his owner on a boat out to a remote sandbar in Kaneohe for an afternoon picnic a few years back. The dog was playing and running around the exposed sand when he obviously smelled something, then ran to the edge, and head first jumped off and dove underwater. He came back up some time later with a live thrashing baby hammerhead shark in his mouth. A baby hammerhead shark is no more than about 5 pounds dripping wet and the story goes the dog ran around in circles with the shark and would not release it to anybody. It took them about 45 minutes to get the dog to release the shark. I think its crazy the dog seemed to know there was a shark off the edge. Good thing it wasn't the baby's mother instead of the baby! Have a Happy Long Memorial Day Weekend all!  Quote: My Malinois likes to act like a porpoise at the creek on the trail we go to and ducks his head up and down. I have no doubt he'd dive if the creek were deep enough. I swear, he's part lab...that's awesome you can swim all the time down in Hawaii. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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susan tuck wrote 05/27/2006 02:07 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Mike Uslan ] #107308 - 05/27/2006 02:07 PM
susan tuck Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2006 Posts: 1608 Loc: Cali & Wash State Offline	That is a great story. Years ago we were lucky enough to spend a week at a cabin with a dock on a lake. One day we were all sitting on the dock drinking beers & tossing the ball off the dock for my Zorba. The dog would jump off the dock swim out get the ball swim to shore climb back on the dock & bark until someone tossed the ball again. Well, a couple of strangers were paddling by in a canoo when old Zorb decided to jump off the dock swim up to the boat & tried to do a hold & bark around & around the boat. Really funny at the time (but not as good as the shark story).
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Donald Teitelbaum wrote 05/27/2006 02:40 PM Re: dog swims underwater [Re: Mike Uslan ] #107309 - 05/27/2006 02:40 PM
Donald Teitelbaum Webboard User Reg: 12-28-2005 Posts: 8 Loc: Pretoria, South Africa Offline	When I was a kid I had a labrador that could swim underwater. She could retrieve an article up to about the size of a glass bottle or a brick to about as deep as five feet. She woud disappear completely (the water wasn't very clear) and stay underwater for around 20 seconds or so. She never had any ear problems, but then Labs are probably built for it.
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