Diana Demarest Webboard User Reg: 08-05-2006
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We have an in-ground swimming pool and I wanted to make sure that my 4 month old male GSD knew how to find the stairs if he fell in, so I taught him how to swim. (we never leave him unattended, but I felt he needed to know how to swim as a safety precaution - just in case.)
Problem is HE LOVED IT! The other problem is, I believe it was drying out his skin 'cause he was scratching a lot and I was finding hair "tumbleweeds" all over the place.
I stopped allowing him in the pool a week ago and he isn't scratching nearly as much, but he wants to go back in the pool and is very unhappy when we are in the pool and he is in his pen.
Any ideas on what I can use on his coat that will allow him back in the water?
I had to smile over your post as I had a GSD/Chow Mix when I lived in Florida. He grew up on the beaches north of Clearwater, and when I bought my own home he was initially "wary" of the pool. But once he got the hang of the fact that the depth wasn't gradual like the beach is, he would pester EVERYONE to play pool fetch.
I'm back in IL, so we don't have a pool and don't regularly swim our dogs. But we've been VERY happy with coat improvements since adding the Salmon Oil linked above to the diets.
Best wishes! Hope you can find a solution so your dog can enjoy pool fetch!
Depending on your pool size, and other usage, you might want to consider going to a lower chlorine product, like Snap or Synergy. If you use chlorine. You could also consider a copper/silver sanitizer unit in place of chlorine. Work in a pool/spa store for almost 11 years now. Dogs are really hard on pool chemistry, but the copper/silver unit used with a non-chlorine based shock would be better on his skin/coat. CH
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Amanda Chase Webboard User Reg: 07-04-2006
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OO this is too funny. My GSD pup just turned 3 months today.. he LOVES my sons pool. It's a simple set pool.. so an above ground.. but Romeo tries his ever hardest to jump in.. of course we provide him a bit of a lift.. but he hops around in there for a while.. however we don't use clorhine.. but I Just thought it was funny. =0)
Jäger fell in the pool on his third day at our house (he was 10 weeks old) and is convinced the pool is evil.
You may want to check your pool's chemistry. When my kids complained about the chlorine in our pool I adjusted the Ph and kept the chlorine level two or three times the recommended level. They thanked me for lowering the chlorine level, said they could feel the difference. Chlorine get blamed too often because it's what can be smelled.
Sun shield is a acid slick that protects the chlorine from the sun. So, check the Ph, if that doesn't do the trick you may need to rinse the dog off to get the sun shield acid off his skin and out of the coat.
Diana Demarest Webboard User Reg: 08-05-2006
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Thanks all for your replies!
We don't use chlorine in the pool per se. We have a chlorine generation unit on the pool pump. We dump a bag of salt in the pool and the generation unit turns the salt into chlorine. The computer in the unit regulates the chlorine.
We also put acid and soda ash in as needed to regulate the ph and alkaline. (we take a water sample to the pool store regularly to have it tested to see what it needs.)
I really would like to allow him back in. He looks so sad when we are in and he's out. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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