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jbrown1028 Puppy
Join date : 2013-08-05 Location : Lima, Ohio
| Subject: My Maya and the water... Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:02 pm | |
| I found this rather strange, let me set the foundation first... We have an above ground pool, nothing really to write home about, 42" deep, 15 foot round, enough for the nieces (just realized this but really no nephews), anyways... Back on track here... The other 2 Huskys I have had, wouldn't even hesitate to jump in and play for hours... Now let me back up a step, my other two Huskys was with a pond that had a gradual bank into the water, whereas this is a custom wood step to a straight 42" deep... So I may be over thinking this, although the other 2 would go out on Lake Erie with me and jump off the boat when I got into the water...
So where I am going with this is I picked Maya up on the top of the little deck on the side of the pool, and placed my big inner tube raft beside the ladder and she jumped on, got comfortable and I was trying to coax her into the pool. She would stand at the edge of the raft drinking the water but wouldn't come in. After about 5 minutes of calling and trying to get her in, I picked her up (I was in the pool with her), and slowly put her in the water... As soon as her back legs hit the water she started doggy paddling. So I put her a little further down and she got extremely scared and started to freak out a little. I lifted her back up on the raft and she jumped clear over the water and out of the pool... (To my amazement probably a good 10 - 10½ foot jump and almost 5 - 6 foot high.
She wanted nothing to do with the water at that moment... She started circling the pool again and putting her paws on the edge of the pool looking in at me wanting either me to get out or her back in, so a buddy of mine leashed her back up the steps and she jumped back on to the raft. I once again took her and slowly lowered into the water but she didn't like it and I started guiding (while holding her belly) over to the ladder where she climbed up (not very gracefully) and jumped out again.
I am not sure, since I have not had to deal with this before, if this is the best method or not, any advice would be great.
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| | | johngalt Newborn
Join date : 2012-11-28
| Subject: Re: My Maya and the water... Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:53 am | |
| There was an episode of dog whisperer where a husky was super afraid of the water and by the end he loved it so maybe try looking up Cesar Milan husky on YouTube and see what I did I kinda forget exactly what he did |
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