Iowa boat ride cures dog’s fear of water
My dog Killer loves it when I start exploring the south central Iowa tourism attractions. When she first started coming along with me on some of my fishing trips she was deathly afraid of water so I never worried about her jumping from the boat. Then one day as I was in the boat and my son was on a paddle wheel pontoon, he wanted to take her for a ride so I passed her over to him. She got up on the fender and he peddled away. Well the fender was a little slick and she slipped off and fell into the water. She was forced to swim about ten yards to the shore where she crawled out and shook off. I went and picked her up and set her back in my boat and she was a changed dog. Instead of looking out at the water and shaking she stood with all four feet firmly planted and looked like a hood ornament. The rest of the trip whenever we were in the boat she took that same stance as if she were lookout and actually controlling where the boat went. What I thought was going to make her fear water even more turned out to be the thing that let her get over her fear.
Filed under: Animals, Dogs, Educational
