Since we live on a small island on the Gulf of Mexico our girl thinks she is the mermaid of the island. She loves to swim .... when we walk across the street and hit the beach trying to get her to wait to hit the water is a momumental task.... I do however, make her sit and wait before I tell her OK LET'S GO... and she hits the water with gusto. She loves to jump the waves and heads out a ways and then usually heads south parallel with the shore - Heading toward the Outrigger Resort and their Tiki Bar probably! HA

On our beach you have to have dogs on a 6' lead but when I have her in the Gulf I have a 20' lead on her so she can swim farther and I have more time to keep up with her... however, if we go just down the island a ways there is an area called DOG BEACH where the dogs are allowed to run loose and boy does she have a blast there. She runs and jumps and swims like a fish, literally swimming with the dolphins just a few feet from her. She will find a dog that she likes and buddy up with them and romp and have a great time. A couple weeks ago we actually arrived to find a gentleman there with two V's that he had flown in from Hungry!
The second day we had Ziva home when she was 8 weeks old we took her across the street to the beach and sat her down at the waters edge to let her take a look, wasn't going to hurry her, however long it took was fine, well it didn't take long as in she went head first into a wave and she's never looked back since then. I wanted a dog that would love the beach and water with me and I certainly got it!