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Belle is such a scaredy cat about water - definitley NOT the golden retriever part of her, LOL.

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As you can see, my old gal, Simba, doesn't have the same fear of the water as Belle.  She loves it!

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  This story is from 2009, but it is amazing! It takes three years of training, but the dogs are saving lives. Awesome.   Around 200 specially trained dogs are being used as lifeguards in Italy's tourist-packed beaches and lakes. The dogs, mostly Newfoundland or Golden Retrievers, are helping the Italian Coast Guard, Air Force, Civil Protection Department and Red Cross. These dogs are trained to jump out of boats and swim to the rescue...

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...and some are not! As long as we're safely enjoying ourselves, it doesn't matter how graceful we might, (or might not), look. This is Doug, a Victorian bulldog, going for a swim in Indian Lake, ON.  

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These pugs are so cute swimming in the pool, and they have lots of great swimming techiques.   The guardian of these pugs sends out a caution to pug owners that pugs always should be monitored when swimming and never put their snouts in the water. Thankfully, these pugs know to keep their snouts up when they doggie paddle.  

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Roscoe the Dachshund loves swimming, but seems to spend most of his time diving!  

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Photo courtesy of Michael Phelps Michael Phelps swam into the history books this week when he won gold at the Olympics in London, bringing his tally of medals to 22, an all time record for an athlete. When he's not training, the Olympic swimmer enjoys hanging out with his two best friends - his dogs Herman and Stella. He says his English Bull Dog Herman is one of the laziest dogs he's ever met. But...

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Neo the Rottweiler loves swimming, and he's a natural-born lifeguard. Neo carried his little human like this for about 30 minutes. He went back and forth from the boat to the sandbar where he could stand and rest.

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