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I have a year and a half old lab pointer cross. She'll go in the water at the beach, but won't jump off a dock. One of the local pools has a humane society fundraiser at the end of the season, they drain the pool and fill it with water only for one day of mayhem. There were about 500 dogs this year. My dog will run in the shallow end, but won't jump off the deep end. We're watching as other dogs would climb the ladder on the diving board by themselves, and then run off the end of the board into the water. She eventually took to barking at the other dogs as they were swimming back to the edge until they would drop their ball, and then she would steal it from them. She got pretty annoying for the other dogs so I took her home before we were asked to leave. The one good thing is she slept for a day and a half after that, she was sore and tired out. I'd love to take her back next year if I could figure out a way to get her to jump in the deep end by herself, or at least leave the other dogs alone, but she's kind of a bully.
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