German Shepherd dog

HI All

swiming is the harm full for gsd????

many pepole are said me that please away your gsd from th water becouse gsd's scean and ears are very sesative

and water is  very harmfull for scene and ears so swiming is good for gsd or not

please suggest me

Regards

indian

Never heard that one...Chlorine water in a swimming pool very harmful  ....Jane Steffenhagen told me to swim the heck out of all  my dogs before their  hips form and keep them swimming...it firms up those sockets and makes muscle....ears can be cleaned out with a drop of alcohol and cleaned with a paper towel with  white vinegar on the towel to keep clean and evade fungus...or fungi.

Rinse off your dog after swimming and if you have chlorine in any water you should filter your watering system.  Chlorine dries out our skin and their skin also...

Creeks and lakes you must investigate to make sure they dont have an algea problem and are ok for swimming...along with the snake problem that may arise out of the blue.....blue algea a problem along with the snakes....but check with the owner..

Our shepherds in Galveston go swimming in the salt water....good for them.....

but do dry ears...after any swim/// in any body of water.

I think swimming is an excellent way to excersise any dog, especially breeds prone to joint problems.
My girl LIVES to swim. It hard to get her OUT of the water.
Its a great way to give vigorous exercise with low impact on the fragile joints. I think swimming is ideal for excersising young dogs. That being said, make sure you are not letting your dogs swim in polluted waters, this could cause a number of skin issues and infections. If you are worried about ear infections, wipe out your dogs ears after they are done swimming with ear wipes or a good cotton ball.

My dogs love to swim, and they don't care if it's the pool (I hose them off afterwards just because of the chlorine/chemicals even though they don't have dry skin and even when they are not hosed off they haven't had any problems) - no ear problems and I also don't dry out ears afterwards, or put any meds in.  As I said, if there are pre-existing chronic ear problems, then getting them wet is probably asking for more problems.  But, my dogs don't have ear problems, and so they have never had problems swimming.  They love lakes and rivers too - puddles if they have to settle for wallowing!

molly

My pack loves to swim in our year round creek.  Some of the dogs we got as juvenile or adults and they were not swimmers but have come to love their daily swim (weather permitting) as much as the "ol timers"  .  The pups get introduced to the water early on with small swimming pools and if they are old enough can join the rest on hikes and a cooling dip in the creek.  One pup preferred riding in the paddleboat with me for a while before diving in, so cute, wish I had a photo of that.

Swimming is definitely excellent exercise for them and our male loves diving and retreiving from the shoreline.  We do have one female who is prone to getting "swimmer's ear" so we have to dry her ear out after words.

I always tell folks that gsds love to swim and to provide them access to do so it is a lot of fun for them and they'll sleep soundly after all that exercise:)

 couple of my kids in the Kentucky lake on vacation..

It's obvious from your name and the way you word things that you are from India. If you still live there, I would caution you about letting your dog swim in rivers and lakes. The water in some areas of India is heavily polluted, and carries numerous diseases and parasites, which could seriously harm or even kill your dog.  Yes, swimming is great exercise, but be careful you only let your dog swim in clean water. Washing him off with tap water afterwards would be a good idea, too.

Dogs with skin problems may benefit from swimming, especially in salt water.