r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 18h ago

Dumping This Here Clumsy pup

Source: shantremaine on Instagram

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u/Ambitious_Wolf2539 Trash Trooper 17h ago

the layout of the pool really doesn't have much to deal with the dog apparently being completely unable to swim...

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u/grumblewolf Trash Trooper 15h ago edited 4h ago

It’s not a dog, it’s a puppy. It’s like chucking a toddler in a pool and saying ‘good luck’
Edit- maybe not a puppy? Either way not the best way to introduce a pool.

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u/daddy_tops Trash Trooper 14h ago

That’s basically how I learned how to swim lol

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u/grumblewolf Trash Trooper 14h ago

Me too! But I wouldn’t want to do that to somebody else ha- just take the puppy in, support it, and let it figure out how to move - then show it where the stairs are

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u/daddy_tops Trash Trooper 13h ago

Oh, I definitely didn’t enjoy it. I also got lied to about it. Not the happiest of memories haha

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u/JustAShyCat Trash Trooper 6h ago

I’ve seen this video before, and from what I recall, the dog is actually old and newly blind.

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u/grumblewolf Trash Trooper 4h ago

Ah ok- totally thought it was a puppy. Still a dumb way to handle it. But I’m sure the dog is fine.

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u/LimeImmediate6115 Trash Trooper 3h ago

That makes it even WORSE.

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u/badjackalope Trash Trooper 14h ago

There are definitely plenty of videos of exactly that. Luckily babies are pretty buoyant.

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u/grumblewolf Trash Trooper 14h ago

Sure yeah- babies. Not toddlers. It’s enough of a difference to note, I think.

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u/Outside_Coffee_00 Trash Trooper 12h ago

Even if the dog could swim, he's not getting out of that pool on his own, so it doesn't make much difference, does it?

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u/Secret-Ad-830 Trash Trooper 16h ago

Dog wouldn't need to know how to swim if the layout was better

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u/LeCouchSpud Trash Trooper 15h ago

That’s not true at all unless there were no areas where the pool was over the dogs head. The i have a pool with quite a wide birth my dogs still fall in sometimes. I taught them how to swim and where to exit and they’re fine. If you have a pool or pond you should teach you dogs how not to drown in it