I can't find my old long line (unless Zoom has it in which case I want it back please <3) and took a Middie on a flexi so that I could take him with Bay and Cassie to the lake. Mostly this went well, the problem is just that the flexi was too short. I couldn't go swimming without him, and my retriever mix doesn't want to swim.
It's sandy and wet, so I worry that a flexi would break after a few uses. My long line is great but would get soaked and might even be more cumbersome than the flexi. (Still can't find it anyway.) The advantage would be that I could go swimming and tie him out to a tree without worrying that he would snap it.
Option C is to make him like swimming with me, but I don't know how I can do that.
Option B is to go to Zoom's house and switch Middie out for Marley so that I have a swimming buddy. They're both little and black and their names start with "M." No one would notice.
What options do you all use for swimming with untrained, idiotic dogs?
It's sandy and wet, so I worry that a flexi would break after a few uses. My long line is great but would get soaked and might even be more cumbersome than the flexi. (Still can't find it anyway.) The advantage would be that I could go swimming and tie him out to a tree without worrying that he would snap it.
Option C is to make him like swimming with me, but I don't know how I can do that.
Option B is to go to Zoom's house and switch Middie out for Marley so that I have a swimming buddy. They're both little and black and their names start with "M." No one would notice.
What options do you all use for swimming with untrained, idiotic dogs?