When you first bring the kiddie pool home, put it outside in your yard and let your dog interact with it on their own time. Not only does a kiddie pool help keep your pup cool on a hot summer day, but the act of splashing around and bobbing for toys is great enrichment. With COVID-19 still looming, it is more important than ever to social distance and stay home when possible, and a kiddie pool is a great way to have fun with your dogs when it’s a million degrees out. Although you wouldn’t know it now with how they run, dive, splash, and roll around in the pool, both June and Margot were highly skeptical of the pool when we first brought it home. What is NOT shown on Instagram is the process of introducing them to the kiddie pool. You can see photos and stories of them having a blast over on our Instagram. My own pups, June and Margot, LOVE splashing around in their kiddie pool. I’ve had several people reach out to me-including my own mother- to say that their own dogs won’t use the kiddie pool they bought, and I always tell them the same thing: you have to teach a dog how to use a kiddie pool! There is an edge to it, the surface is an unfamiliar texture, and even the water that goes into it is clear and hard for your dog to see. I know what you are probably thinking-you have to teach your dog to use a kiddie pool?! The short answer is YES! A kiddie pool is a completely foreign object for dogs. Dog Parenting, Uncategorized How to Teach Your Dog to Use a Kiddie Pool
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