Jumping Raisin

Just a few months ago she was afraid of the water, wanted nothing to do with it and ran if I even tried to get her feet wet. At a local pond with a shoreline I gradually taught her to stand in a few inches of water, to walk in it up to her chest, to swim in it and then to swim after her ball. Once she decided she loves the water, I brought her to The Fellsway which has a pond with no shoreline, just a straight drop in deep water from the rocks. At first she didn't understand how to get into the water - there was no place to walk into it, so I lowered her in the first time, after that, she taught herself to jump in from the rocks!

She'll jump in after her ball over and over again. In the last clip she was hesitant because some dogs had arrived on the rocks above us and she wanted to go play with some new friends, but I had to coax her to get the ball first or it would be gone.

In case you're wondering - she's a chocolate mini poodle (pure bred) and just turned a year old.

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Pets & Animals

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• Raisin
• jumping
• Fellsway
• chocolate
• poodle

[ladypn]

Look at you, Raisin! You go girl!! What a swimmer!

[Michelle5451]

She's so addicted to the water.  I call her "little swimmy girl."

[jerlins]

It's hard to imagine Raisin was ever afraid of water. He is too cute.... Jerlins

[Michelle5451]

Now that you mention, I can see it would be hard to imagine her afraid of the water, but ooooh she was! Ran from it, wanted nothing to do with and I had to carry her kicking and whiney out into it waist high and gently lower her into the water so she'd be forced to swim back to shore - and she HATED it...until she grew to LOVE it, look at her now! She's my little fish-dog, can't keep her out it now. Poodles are water dogs and have webbed paws, I knew it was only a matter of time.

[jerlins]

OOps I called her a he... sorry Raisin....

[Michelle5451]

lol that's OK, my Dad does the same thing - he had a male poodle for 17 yrs and he refers to Raisin as "she" and at times, accidentally calls her by his passed poodle's name, Fritz.

[Refaeiman]

i searched "jumping in a chocolate poodle" and this came up

[DierdreMargeaux]

That is sooo cute!

[jerlins]

awe that's so sweet and sad at the same time.. My mom use to do that with my brothers and I... lol.... Jerlins

[jabbabird]

Raisin is adorable. What a good little swimmer. My Tater Dude is a cream colored poodle and he would have swam right for the murkies part of the water. He loves to come out all green and slimey. Eeeew. Raisin is the best!