Jan 11 2009
“Swimming? No Thank You!”
As the title implies, Allie does not know how to swim. Yes, that’s right – my husband and I found the only Lab on earth that does not know how to swim. She likes to go in water, but only if it is less than a foot (12 inches) deep.
Mike carried Allie into a swimming pool last summer and I held her by the back so that her head was above water, but she panicked – well, that’s an understatement – she freaked. If Mike and I both hold her up in the water, she’s less afraid, but she tucks her back legs up close to her body and will not try to swim. We believe that her abusive, previous owners traumatized her with swimming, among a host of other things in which she was abused.
So, when it is hot outside and Allie is outside with us, we lightly spray her with the garden hose, and she is just fine with that! 
