Why Swim Your Dog?

Swimming is a low impact form of exercise, so it is easy on the joints. Some of the benefits of swimming in a lovely heated pool are:

• recovery from illness or surgery in a controlled environment
• exercise with hip, leg and muscle problems
• assists with trying to lose weight; exercise is often hard for obese dogs
• helps dogs with joint problems exercise - increasing the strength of the tendons and ligaments e.g. arthritic dogs
• aerobic conditioning - swimming is great cross training - improve fitness and stamina
• improved cardiovascular fitness
• gentle exercise for older dogs
• warm and controlled environment to teach puppies to swim with confidence
• great fun and relaxing too