Learning to Swim

My pup is learning to swim. We have this lovely river in our backyard and she is learning to fetch the stick in the water -- problem is she'll do it forever if you let her. Anyway, she doesn't actually swim, the river is at its lowest point and she kinda pushes her back feet off the bottom to scoot forward. It's really kind of funny to watch. And don't let her not be able to touch the bottom -- she goes into freak out mode. Those big paws start flailing around and she just doesn't know what to do, but we're taking baby steps. Hopefully as the river rises her swimming skills will get better!