Anyone ever built a dog swim tank?

[treedr72]

Thanks Budd Denny they do a good job as a hot nosed running catch dog that hits hard .

Joe I dont have jets in the pool they just tread water but with a natural swim motion that pulls against the harness , they dog paddle in the beginning but settle to a nice swim pretty soon , you can get them sprinting which makes for hard work , I will often interval train them with spints then let them slow and work their heart rate back down and then sprint again , it builds good muscle endurance while the hunting gives them the air ., I just run a pool filter to keep it clean and add Chlorine or Hydrogen Peroxide .

Sean , you can believe swimming works,, nothing else can work your dogs as thorough while your mowing the lawn ,,, the 4ft long of your tank will probably be to short but I dont know how big your hounds are , maybe you could go diagonal , you dont want the dog so he can can get his paws to the edge front or back , and they are quite long when they stride out , add your leg length to his body length , a dog will swim better when he is beside another , I dont think they would be as keen to work as when they swim side be side .

Rod

[treedr72]

I need one of those tanks rod can you build one for me. ill pay for your time,materials and shipping.

[treedr72]

If anybody knows how too get intouch with Rodb let me know thanks

[ozhound]

Rodb lives here in Australia, I think your freight costs on something that big may be quite a bit

[treedr72]

That's ok not a problem.I'm willing to pay can you put me intouuch with him thank you sir.

[BobCat40]

Ive used swimming with my dogs for many years I run a breed of Boar dog me and a buddy created in the 70s called the Bullygrey , we intially used Greyhound x English Bull Terrier x Australian Kangaroo Hound and 20 yrs ago we added Pit , we currently have 15 generations recorded history and a very typey hard working dog , swimming is great for keeping and getting dogs into shape , my dogs will do around 2 hrs in the tank 2-3 times a week depending on how much hunting they are doing , I live in a hot climate so it really helps in the heat of summer to get some good endurance work into them during the heat , its the only exercise that works a muscle in both directions so its great for bloodflow to injuries , swimming is a great for getting a strong base in any form of conditioning , cant praise it enough there are so many benefits from very content dogs to adding a bit of peroxide to clean up any rips or nicks they get .

I made my tank 4 ft deep , my dogs stand about 27 inch to the shoulder and if you dont support the belly they will stand up on their back legs , the belly harness tracks them in a straight line and they swim very natural , a tank say 4ft deep 8ft long and 4ft across would swim 2 big dogs , thats my next build size .

RoD
COULD YOU TELL ME WERE YOU PURCHASHED YOUR BELLY HARNESS TO TRACK THEM IN A STRAIGHT LINE

[007pennpal]

Thanks a heck of an interesting tank idea. Just what I had in my mind. Interesting dogs too.

[treedr72]

I'm very impressed looks like he self taught his self.How too breed dogs for his for his personal preference.And shape them thru trial and error.If anybody can get intouch with this gentlemen let me know thanks.

[Dale T]

can you post some pictures of your harness with the belly strap?