A good friend's 1yr old Lab was swimming, whole family in and out of the house to the pool and back.
New 4 mo. old puppy was not swimming yet, just sat on the steps watching.
Friend went inside, got caught up in something on TV for a few minutes, went out to find the puppy on the bottom of the pool.
He dove in, clothed, did get her resuscitated, but she aspirated whatever water came up and she was gone. Their vet is a neighbor and got there in minutes.. nothing he could do.
***Just because they are Labs doesn't mean they can swim.. and just because they don't jump in while you are there doesn't mean they won't fall in or try to swim when you aren't.
Very very sad day for us all... and a very important lesson to be learned.
Please don't leave your dogs out near the water, even if they swim well.
It's so easy to do... and it only takes a second for tragedy to strike.
New 4 mo. old puppy was not swimming yet, just sat on the steps watching.
Friend went inside, got caught up in something on TV for a few minutes, went out to find the puppy on the bottom of the pool.
He dove in, clothed, did get her resuscitated, but she aspirated whatever water came up and she was gone. Their vet is a neighbor and got there in minutes.. nothing he could do.
***Just because they are Labs doesn't mean they can swim.. and just because they don't jump in while you are there doesn't mean they won't fall in or try to swim when you aren't.
Very very sad day for us all... and a very important lesson to be learned.
Please don't leave your dogs out near the water, even if they swim well.
It's so easy to do... and it only takes a second for tragedy to strike.
How absolutely horrible. 
Nancy
