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Dog Life Jackets
Take your best canine friend with you when you go to the shore or out on the boat but make sure they are wearing an easily visible and highly buoyant dog life jacket. You wouldn’t take your children out on the water with out a life jacket nor should your dog be without his or her own dog life jacket.

Although swimming comes naturally to dogs, and you may even consider your dog to be a great swimmer, a dog life jacket is a must because anything can happen. If your dog falls overboard or gets caught up in a fast current a dog life jacket will hold your best friends head higher above the water and in a natural swimming position, making it easier for them to breath and less fatiguing for them to swim.

Water therapy is a great tool to get a dog to start using an injured limb. Deeper water therapy combined with a dog life jacket can help put less weight on the injured limb thus helping the dog return as closely as possible to pre-trauma activity level. If your dog is overweight, water therapy could be the perfect answer. With a dog life jacket to reduce the stress, a water work out will help your dog lose those unhealthy pounds.

Always practice good water safety measures. A dog life jacket is never a substitution for vigilance. Never let your dog out of your sight. Always make sure your dog wears a dog life jacket in or near water. If he or she jumps or falls overboard they may not always be able to swim to safety.

Statistics show that one in 1028 dogs will die from drowning. That may seem like a slim chance to you but consider this. With over 44 million dog owners in the United States owning over 62 million dogs, that breaks down to over 60,000 deaths due to drowning. Share all your adventures with your dogs, but don’t forget when you are near water to protect them with a dog life jacket.