Ewe Necked Dogs Swim and Retrieve a Heavy Duck

Who says ewe necked dogs can't swim or carry a heavy duck? NOT ME! Here are some videos of standard Poodles with ewe necks (and one without a ewe neck) and a BC. Note how the Poodle with a full tail uses her tail when swimming! it is a shame breeders dock tails! They are so useful to the dogs!

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• swimming
• Poodles
• with
• ewe
• necks
• agility
• retrievers
• duck
• retrieving
• neck
• dog

[helenmel]

I guess you will have to take me word for it that they will retrieve forever if I let them. Josephine is 10 years old. Charisse is 7 and MeMe is 5. Isabella, 9, can't swim a lick and would surely drown if she ever fell in with nobody to save her. We have tried (even hired a pro) to teach her to swim with no luck at all. Very flat pelvis.

[helenmel]

LOL! Not angry at all. Just tired of people thinking ewe necks do not allow dogs to swim efficiently or retrieve. Who knows what MeMe could have done had she had two good hips. Where do you train?

[mrosspa]

Southern California.

Are you coming the PCA regional in Long Beach this December?

[helenmel]

Do they have agility? When is it?

[mrosspa]

I don't think that would be boring at all to watch since I train my poodle for field work. And you are always welcome to come train with me.

[mrosspa]

I'm not done writing. I detect you are angry.

[mrosspa]

While that might be the case with your dogs, that information isn't given, nor was a dog with 1 hip mentioned.

Since Charisse shows the best economy of motion by bobbing up an down the least compared to the other poodles, it suggests structure makes a difference. I understand how young or excited dogs can be inefficient, but multiple retrieves will show a dog settling into its normal swimming and we can make better judgement of what we see.

[helenmel]

oh, and I put that video up originally for people who already knew MiniMe only had one hip. It wasn't meant to be a learning tool for others.

[helenmel]

Don't you think it would be terribly boring to watch my dogs retrieve for hours on end? Unless, of course, you want to go to the lake with us :).

[mrosspa]

I too will answer you in parts.

I never said that a dog with a ewe neck couldn't retrieve or perform field work. While I've heard this said, I'm trying to be neutral and understand how structure affects a poodle's performance.

Since you only show 1 retrieve per dog we can only judge what we see. It might clear things up for people if they know MiniMe has only 1 hip.

Young dogs often swim poorly and become more efficient over time.