How does your doodle swim?

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Today Cooper and I went to a small lake with my MIL and her dog Abbey. It was Abbeys second time to a beach, and she swam for the first time. I noticed she and Cooper swim very differently, and was wondering if its a breed thing, or if it just differs dog to dog 

Cooper swims with just her head out of the water

Abbey swims with her body and tail afloat

it was a fun day - the water got very deep very quickly and took Cooper by suprise when she bounced in after a stick

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Daisy looks just like cooper in the water and also all my friends dogs swim that way. I actually think you MIL's dog swims differently than most dogs.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Tara swims with quite a bit of her body out of the water too:

[Pat and Traveler]

Tara is a floaty little dog!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Maybe I should cut her back on the Twinkies!

[Bryce P]

Huff swims like Cooper, but he is more violent about it. He splashes roughly and tries to eat the splashes (silly Huff). And if you are swimming with him, he gets on top of you (and tries to drown you). And in the process he scratches you up.

[Heather Martinez]

Teddy doesn't really swim, he stays in shallow water and kind of jumps through the water. Once he got out pretty far chasing a ball and I was worried about him! He ended up swimming with his head out of the water until he was shallow enough to jump again. He absolutely loves the water!

[Kooper Doodle]

Kooper swims like your Cooper

[Jennifer and Jack]

That water looks so good !

[Katie and Sophie]

Both of my girls swim more like your MILs dog.  They have quite a bit of their body out of the water.  The hair on Soph's back doesn't usually get wet unless it is wavy.

[Pat and Traveler]

Such different styles!  Trav has only accidently gone swimming once, and his technique was just a bit of his back showing. 

[Jennifer and Jack]

Jack hates swimming but when I taught him..just his head stayed out of the water. He was not at all a strong swimmer!

[Adrianne Matzkin]

Today between low tide and a sand bar, this is about all they could 'swim' - WOL!

Samantha swims with her head out of water, her body at the top of the water and her tail she uses as a rudder. If I ever get my pictures from my back up hard drive, I will post it.