I had a very young Griff pup go fishing with me one early spring day in NH. He was walking along the stream bank when a scent drifted across the stream from the other side. Who knows what the scent was- a grouse, an old candy bar, beaver castor? His nose pulled him in that direction causing him to tumble end for end down a steep 5’ embankment crashing into the water. He surfaced and started pumping his legs but he was too vertical to get much traction. I hopped down over the bank and was able to reach out and guide him to shore. He scrambled up the bank shook off with me enthusiastically praising him and seemed no worse for wear. But he was shy of water after that for months until a really hot day at the beach in Maine at low tide. He romped that tidal flat finding every tidal pool deep or not to cool off while I threw bumpers. All of this happened mere days before his first NA test at 9 months old. He passed. Phew. Was a total water hound after that.
I agree that one n Ed’s to be as cautious with water introduction as you do gun fire.
Good luck at the NA test! Keep sending photo!
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