Oh no! I'm so glad to have found this forum and thread. Our Ben has only just found his water wings and has been loving paddling in one of our local lakes.

I haven't observed any adverse effects after his paddles, but I'll most definately keep an eye out now.

HI.
Its really very nice thanks for such a good post.
Thanks for sharing your post.

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I actually recently wrote a post about dogs swimming and mentioned this danger in there. It's very important to look where you let your dog swim and be aware of the dangers of bacteria. Also remember to look for any dead fish in the water and checking that there aren't any broken bottles or sharp rocks jutting out under the water for your dog to step on.

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just seen this such a good post!!!

reminded me a few yrs ago friends dog became critically ill after swimming in pond on clapham common london. vet said she was lucky to pull through.
cant believe i didn't remember before so i could have warned others.

Had a problem last year with tilly who become very ill for unknown reasons to me,sickness and diarohea bless her was caused through tilly drinking from puddles in the woods,my goodness it was very worrying for us all,but the vets obviously have seen the symptons many times previously and after some injections and course of tablets she fought it off,i would never like to see that happen to anyone,so please take note from the original poster of the harm that is hiding in water.
We are often asked if tilly is a lake dog,i never let her near any lake as i am not a good swimmer and wouldnt want to take any chances with her in case of problems that could arise.

Thank you all for your response,some very good reading from you all.

thanks for the heads up. our dog pudding loves a good swim so we'll be sure to avoid ponds or lakes! our Collie Heze hates swimming so she'll be fine lol

Oh wow thanks for this! My dogs arent great with water, but we do have a pond in the park! We have a stream as well and they drink out of that. But it is always running and always fresh. Actually the pond is always running cause it goes into the stream. Hmmm, is this ok? Now I am concerned. The pond does keep moving cause of the stream. But would it get it in it cause its not very fast until it gets to the streamy bit! Would you see algae?

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Algae is very visible.

If the water looks green, dont let your dog in it.

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Ohh right. Ty thats ok, the water is very clear actually, ducks and fish are in them. We got coy carp in the ponds! Got new baby ducks as well! there were 11, think there is now 6! Think foxes got them! Poor things!

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