As with all Labs, ours had an affinity for water. She was trained to NOT enter the water when I was fishing, and for the most part she obeyed. On a trip up a brookie stream in Vt., we camped on a broader, shallow section in a meadow that held few fish compared to deeper waters elsewhere, so I let Abbey have her fun. While we were busy cooking dinner , I'd hear her splashing, then not, repeated several times over. Too late we discovered she was having a great time getting wet , then drying herself on our sleeping bags in the tent. She slept outside that night.