Amber Morgan Webboard User Reg: 10-18-2006
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I'm still looking for a ramp for the dogs so they can get in and out without freaking out. I looked at several and all of them are really expensive. I'll keep looking.
If you or anyone you know is at all handy, you can make one yourself for low cost. All you need is a plank, some padded hooks, and some non-skid or--even better, the non-skid paint that they use on boats. MacGyver it up!
One good way to get your dog in water (lakes, at least) is to show 'em it's full of globby, mucky, stinky chunks of mud.
They can't resist the chance to encase themselves in a suit of mud-armor. Then run at you. Then shake it on you. And rub it on your legs. And try to put it on your face.
I guess they call that "sharing the love." I call it one hell of a mess and a mandatory bath.
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Yesterday I took Lear to a lake 3 hours away in the pines specifically so he could swim in a lake for the first time. I noticed 2 things - lots and lots of fishing going on (which I knew about beforehand), and no sandy type beach area where he could enter the lake; only huge rocks and boulders ALL along the perimeter of the lake.
So took him to a spot where there were no fisherman and minimal sharp boulders under water, walked a long ways around the lake to get there. He went in, trying to step on/around the huge rocks, and I felt uneasy about letting him go all the way in due to having a long line on and risking the line getting caught on a rock. He went in up to his belly then I called him out. Sure enough he had gotten caught in a fishing line, wrapped around his hind legs, his back and belly, and his face. Thank God no fish hook was still attached.
Needless to say, it wasn't as much fun for him as it could have been.
Sandy Moore Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2006
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...I'm still looking for a ramp for the dogs so they can get in and out without freaking out. I looked at several and all of them are really expensive. I'll keep looking.
Thanks all for your input.
Just saw this link to a pool ramp for dogs, not expensive, but you'd have to figure out how to attach it cause the attachment is meant to screw into the decking along an underground pool...might work if you can change the way it attaches. http://www.petsnap.com/skamper-ramp.htm
I don't know about the holes in the ramp though. It looks like a dog's foot might get stuck. It looks like the holes are what the dog would use to get traction.
When Tessie has splashed around in her kiddie pool, I wring out all of the water from her feathering and towel her very thoroughly before I let her back into the house. I can usually completely soak a towel AFTER I wring her out with my hands and have her shake several times (she shakes on cue).
I don't have AC, though, so I'm not as concerned about her coming back into the house.
When it comes to legit swimming pools, I just taught her to use the stairs. She is a welcome guest at pool parties and from day one I taught her that the only acceptable way to get out of the pool is by using the provided ladder. When she jumps in for the first time, I gently guide her over to where the stairs are, in case she's forgotten or can't find them.
Edited by Katherine Ostiguy (07/12/2007 03:45 PM)
Edit reason: Forgot a point I wanted to make!
Thank you all for your helpful advise. I did see the skamper ramp and I think we are going to build some wide steps for the outside of the pool, make a small deck area for the dogs to hang out on and a wide step for the inside of the pool for them to climb out on. I figure when they want to get out, I will just show them the step and they can climb up and out. I hope they love the water as much as I do. I have been in that pool every day since we filled it up. It's so refreshing after a long hot walk. I swear, if it gets any hotter here I think I will spontaneously combust!!!
By the way, because the sidewalks and streets are hot, are there any type of dog booties that are suitable for walking? I know that four dogs wearing booties will look like a circus going down the street but the pavement is so hot, the dogs sometimes don't want to walk.
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