[RKDinOKC]

Current golden, Pepper, doesn't know she can swim yet. When I get in better health need to take her to my brother's farm house and introduce her to the pond.

Did that for Camber, my last golden, But. Just let her wade out instead of introducing her where the bank is steep. She never learned to jump into the water, only wade. She actually ran to where she could wade in, then swam to the bumper.

Taught my first golden, Penny, where the bank was steep. Threw a bumper a little farther and farther away from the bank. She eventually had to jump far enough she couldn't touch the bottom. Went under water and came right up the bank. The first time the bumper was too far for her to basically turn and run up the bank she swam around in circles. You could see her thinking oh that's too far, then wait I'm not touching the botton and turn around, then oh it's too far. She went in cirlcles about 8 times, then she got the bumper and swam back. After that she ran and jumped into the water, even from a dock. Really amazing to watch her realize and trust that she could swim.

Hope I can get Pepper to jump.