Well Tess is certainly one Welsh Springer Spaniel that likes water. Even today we have come back from a walk and she has found the muddiest puddle that she could and jumped straight into it!
We first introduced Tess to water when she was about 6 months old. We had taken her on a walk that took us past a small stream that was very shallow and with very clear water. She walked to the edge and then noticed her own reflection in the water and started to pat the water with her paw. This of course created a splash which initially confused her but then she seem to have decided her reflection wanted to play so she started patting the water with both paws, barked at her reflection and then jumped into the stream. She then spent the next few minutes just splashing in the water and having a great time.
The next time that Tess encountered water was her first opportunity to actually go for a swim. We had taken her to part of a canal network a few miles from where we live for a walk and there was a sloping jetty into the water, which they use to launch small boats. Tess was on an extendable lead at the time and started to walk down the jetty and into the water. The next minute she was swimming and was having great fun although we kept the extendable lead attached just to be on the safe side.
Now whenever we are near water we have to be careful as she can develop that Welsh Springer Spaniel habit of selective hearing and before we know it she is into the water. As you can see from the photo Tess absolutely loves the water and whent this picture was taken she had followed a chocolate coloured Labrador into the water, despite out best efforts to call her back.
We first introduced Tess to water when she was about 6 months old. We had taken her on a walk that took us past a small stream that was very shallow and with very clear water. She walked to the edge and then noticed her own reflection in the water and started to pat the water with her paw. This of course created a splash which initially confused her but then she seem to have decided her reflection wanted to play so she started patting the water with both paws, barked at her reflection and then jumped into the stream. She then spent the next few minutes just splashing in the water and having a great time.
The next time that Tess encountered water was her first opportunity to actually go for a swim. We had taken her to part of a canal network a few miles from where we live for a walk and there was a sloping jetty into the water, which they use to launch small boats. Tess was on an extendable lead at the time and started to walk down the jetty and into the water. The next minute she was swimming and was having great fun although we kept the extendable lead attached just to be on the safe side.
Now whenever we are near water we have to be careful as she can develop that Welsh Springer Spaniel habit of selective hearing and before we know it she is into the water. As you can see from the photo Tess absolutely loves the water and whent this picture was taken she had followed a chocolate coloured Labrador into the water, despite out best efforts to call her back.
She has also been to the beach once and had a wonderful time running into the surf and chasing a tennis ball across the beach. It is great fun watching her play but then you realise that somehow you have to dry them down to get them home and then the fun can really start!!
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