We get together with some friends and their dogs on Sunday afternoons. Some of the dogs "dock dive" some just swim or are learning to swim. A lot of fun at Kolob Reservoir outside Zion N.P. These are stills taken from video.
You are absolutely correct, just about ripped my arm off, I wondered if the leash snap was going to hold...it did.
A few years back, I had to pull quills from from our long gone Red Heeler and from a colt...no fun at all...!