Breast stroke

[Piratebears]

O.K , from what i have read Newf's swim with a breast stroke.Will some one please confirm this as Saul and i have just had a "heated" discussion despite me making him read the paragraph that say's they do

 

[Angela]

Yes, they do!
I was at a National in California several years ago where I saw a tape made of Newfs swimming to prove they did the breast stroke. The diver with the camera was underneath the Newf. He had quite a job filming the Newf, as, being a good Newf, all he wanted to do was rescue the diver

 

[BluwaterNewfs]

I do a lot of water work with my dogs and YES it is true -- they do swim with a breast stroke

 

[Piratebears]

Isn't it just grand when you prove them wrong !!

 

[Jeannie]

Yes a newf is the only dog that does not doggie paddle and they use their tail as a rudder. If you watch a swimming newf's tail you can see how they maneuver their tail, it is really awesome. But then what isn't awesome about a newf??

 

[Piratebears]

You are right there ! everything about Newf's so far has been extra special...seem's only right that way now !
I feel like a kid with new shoes when people ask me about her .. instead of "yea,they are the latest with extra thick soles " .. its "yes , Newf's have webbed feet , they can pull up to 200lbs......" .............
I do tend to then go on and on AND ON and on ..... well , they asked !

[ 02-16-2003, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: ZoeandElla ]

 

[BluwaterNewfs]

THEy can pull alot more that 200lbs - I've seen it done - Out-of-control newf with large adult human on other end of lead.

I have also read they can pull over 2000 (yes that's thousands) if properly trained and conditioned.

 

[Marthas Vineyard Newfie]

2000 pounds---> YES, you are correct. In the book, Newfoundlands Today, there is documents of them pulling 2000 pounds easily in trials. And yes, they need to be trained and conditioned for it. But they certainly CAN do it..

 

[BluwaterNewfs]

Thanks, I couldn't remember which book I read it in just kewn I had read it.

 

[aalvarez]

Actually, when I first learned that Newfs do a breast stroke I had envisioned it like how "humans" do the breast stroke---both arms stroking outward simultaneously

(I was a Newbie...) But discovered when watching Yogi swim, it's more like a dog paddle (legs alternating) but the stroke pushes outward instead of frontward.

 

[evergano]

At a IWPA competition in Oregon in 1991 I saw a newf pull 2300 lbs. His handler was a 350 lb man. I saw how spayed the dogs feet were from pulling (they looked like camel feet) and vowed I would never participate. Since then I have seen more responsible and reasonable participation but I still don't think I want to venture further that direction.

 

[Piratebears]

The poor dog.Another example of how people view dog's as item's " mines better than yours....look what IT can do "