More Coton de Tulear swimming pool stories

by Iris
(Bristol, CT USA)

Our trip to California last summer was fun for Tuffy. He met a lot of family and his cousin (my sister's dog Sparky) and had his first swimming pool experience (in two different pools).

I wish I could add more than one picture here (because all he pictures tell the story). Tuffy can swim but was insecure alone on the water; he prefers to hitch a ride on the shoulder of a person. (we all had scratch marks on our chests from him groping to climb up on us). Tuffy was okay but not loving it. He tolerated it. Here is the rare photo of him swimming alone.

AFter this photo he got out of the pool and was playing chase around the pool with Sparky. Somehow Tuffy knew Sparky is afraid of the water - when Sparky nearly caught up with Tuffy, Tuffy took a quick dive into the pool to escape him. It worked! Sparky would not follow him into the water. We all got a good laugh at those two characters.