Message #465305

[Cajun]

We have dogs & hogs swim the ship channel 2 or 3 times a year & have had them swim the Mississippi River twice. The only danger they have had was I almost lost 5 young plotts to a barge being pushed by a tugboat. It ran over the hog & looked liked it got the young dogs but they popped up on the side & swam back. The hog did not make it.
  Other then hypothermia on extremely cold days, most dogs can handle the water, even strong currents pretty well.