DOGS DROWNING

[DINK]

I HAVE A 4 AND HALF MONTH OLD LAB. WHEN I TAKE HER TO EXERCISE AND PLAY AROUND A POND I HAVE I CANT KEEP HER OUT THE WATER. EVEN IF I DONT HAVE A BUMPER WITH ME OR ANYTHING SHE LOOKS AT THE WATER FOR SOMETHING TO GO GET (POLLEN BUD THE OTHER DAY) PROBLEM IS WHEN SO GOES IN WATER SHE SWIMS AROUND BACK AND FORTH LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. I AM SCARED SHE WILL TIRE OUT AND DROWN. CAN THAT HAPPEN? OR DO THEY HAVE MORE GAS IN THE TANK THAN I AM THINKING? WILL THEY KNOW WHEN TO HEAD TO LAND? ANYBODY BEEN IN THIS SITUATION? HOW SHOULD I HANDLE THIS ISSUE?

[greenheadgrimreaper]

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU SHOULD BE STARTING ON OBEDIENCE. THIS COULD TURN INTO A MAJOR PROBLEM ON DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD NIP IT IN THE BUD NOW. NIP IT NOW, NOW, NOW!!!!

[DuckBoat]

They will come back when they get tired. Mine has always done this. Will swim up stream for what seems like an hour at a time in the pearl river (staying even with the bank/camp)waiting for a stick to float down. At the end of the day it looks like a beaver built a home on the bank.