Hi, Chere,
Well, I try not to let my Cavaliers do certain things unsupervised, so
not sure I'd leave out a wading pool unless I was there. However, I
think swimming shouldn't hurt a healthy Cavalier. Prolonged immersion
is another story.....a dash in and out of an icy cold puddle probably
won't hurt, but immersion in even seventy-five to eighty degree water
for hours might cause hypothermia.
Do check out this link I posted earlier:
http://www.hypothermia.org/animalhypo.htm
This isn't unique to Cavaliers, or even to dogs; people have to be
careful of hypothermia as well.
My heart goes out to Gayle..... really no way to know what happened in
that particular instance at all; could have been anything really.
What is so sad to me is that Gayle was being a wonderful companian to
her dog; unlike some folks who want a companian dog and don't believe
that in turn they must BE a companian TO their dog. It just is not
fair.
All effected by this tragedy are in our prayers.
Best,
Suze
Chere Workman wrote:
> Should I worry about letting my
> cavaliers swim? I live on a lake. It is just getting warm enough the water
> temp. The labs like it fine even in the winter. I also leave a childrens
> wading pool out in the yard all the time for them to drink from.Chere Workman
>
--
Suze at Llawen Cavaliers
"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man
to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica
"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear
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