Melissa
Inactive Member
I have mentioned this once before and did not get to many responses so I thought I would try again.
I take Emily to the beach every weekend and we are still having a big problem with her climbing over the top of you when the water gets over her head. Yesterday she swam out to my step daughter when she saw her swimming and clawed her all up.
Neither me or my stepdaughter are strong enough or have long enough arms to hold her away from us.
I know she is not intentionally trying to hurt us but I think that she just gets so worried that she responds this way. I have tried sitting in the water with her and she does great until we start to move deeper then as soon as Emily gets over her head it's like she panics and climbs all over us.
I don't know if this is a confidence problem because she loves to swim in the deep water on her own. And she is great at retrieving. One other thing to mention is that she only does this with us, She swims perfectly next to strangers.
Any suggestions as to why you think she does this or what I can do to stop this behavior would be greatly appreciated. I'm tired of leaving the beach black & blue every time. And I want to be able to swim with my dog
Thanks in advance!
I take Emily to the beach every weekend and we are still having a big problem with her climbing over the top of you when the water gets over her head. Yesterday she swam out to my step daughter when she saw her swimming and clawed her all up.
Neither me or my stepdaughter are strong enough or have long enough arms to hold her away from us.
I know she is not intentionally trying to hurt us but I think that she just gets so worried that she responds this way. I have tried sitting in the water with her and she does great until we start to move deeper then as soon as Emily gets over her head it's like she panics and climbs all over us.
I don't know if this is a confidence problem because she loves to swim in the deep water on her own. And she is great at retrieving. One other thing to mention is that she only does this with us, She swims perfectly next to strangers.
Any suggestions as to why you think she does this or what I can do to stop this behavior would be greatly appreciated. I'm tired of leaving the beach black & blue every time. And I want to be able to swim with my dog
Thanks in advance!