Dog treads water, in ocean, for 11 hours

[huntinstuff]

https://globalnews.ca/news/6604073/d...australia/amp/

I call BS.

11 hours. In the ocean.

[Twisted Canuck]

That's a hell of a long time to tread water. It's
got to be almost as bad as sitting with a CRA auditor and answering questions for an hour. Sharks are safer.

[Tactical Lever]

Originally Posted by huntinstuff

https://globalnews.ca/news/6604073/d...australia/amp/

I call BS.

11 hours. In the ocean.

I don't know. While a dog doesn't have as much endurance as a person, that's not out of the question. A person can (some people) swim for a over a day. And they've found polar bears swimming a couple (?) hundred miles from land or ice shelf. They figure that a polar bear can swim for 3 or 4 days straight.

[Homesteader]

I guess if your only option is to breathe water, you try harder

[Dewey Cox]

Did he doggy paddle?
I'm glad I can throw this in peoples faces now when they critique my swimming form.

[vcmm]

Originally Posted by huntinstuff

https://globalnews.ca/news/6604073/d...australia/amp/

I call BS.

11 hours. In the ocean.

Meth dog.

[RandyBoBandy]

Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck

That's a hell of a long time to tread water. It's
got to be almost as bad as sitting with a CRA auditor and answering questions for an hour. Sharks are safer.

Pure GOLD !!! You just won the internet tonight

[Okotok]

Originally Posted by Tactical Lever

I don't know. While a dog doesn't have as much endurance as a person, that's not out of the question. A person can (some people) swim for a over a day. And they've found polar bears swimming a couple (?) hundred miles from land or ice shelf. They figure that a polar bear can swim for 3 or 4 days straight.

I'd say it depends on the dog. Newfoundlands have been known to swim 50 miles or more.

[huntinstuff]

Originally Posted by Okotok

I'd say it depends on the dog. Newfoundlands have been known to swim 50 miles or more.

Wow. I wasnt aware

I just figured 11 hours seemed like an exaggeration.

[Red Bullets]

They should change the dog's name from Heidi to EvanRude.

[EZM]

Serious question, why wouldn't an average dog be able to tread water for that length of time? I never would have guessed that dogs wouldn't be able to do that.

Wolves will swim for hours between islands.

[robson3954]

Originally Posted by Tactical Lever

I don't know. While a dog doesn't have as much endurance as a person, that's not out of the question. A person can (some people) swim for a over a day. And they've found polar bears swimming a couple (?) hundred miles from land or ice shelf. They figure that a polar bear can swim for 3 or 4 days straight.

Wait - did you just say dogs aren’t as fit as humans? The only dogs I’ve met that aren’t waaaay fitter than the average human, is because their owners are lazy sheetheads.
Now, in all honesty my gsp wouldn’t cut it, he swims like a rock - but I wouldn’t take a bet against a lab or similar. Also oceans are a hell of a lot easier to keep afloat in than fresh.

[JD848]

I seen a woman drop her weiner dog while getting into a boat,the dog sank straight down and the gal purse around her neck dove right in and plucked him out, I kinda got a good laugh watching her roll back on the doc with only one shoe and her dress torn up.

They yanked her out of the water and she hooked a nail on the side of the dock and off it came,only half of it. She wasn't to happy about her hubby pulling on her hair, hey life sucks some days. I had to drive away I was in tears laughing . She was about 2 hotcakes away from exploding, big gal.


11 hours is a lot of dog paddling, I say no way,if he drank sea water he would get sick after a short time or even die from that,so I say no way BS.

JD

[Tactical Lever]

Originally Posted by robson3954

Wait - did you just say dogs aren’t as fit as humans? The only dogs I’ve met that aren’t waaaay fitter than the average human, is because their owners are lazy sheetheads.
Now, in all honesty my gsp wouldn’t cut it, he swims like a rock - but I wouldn’t take a bet against a lab or similar. Also oceans are a hell of a lot easier to keep afloat in than fresh.

Didn't say not as fit. Both dogs and their humans nowadays live lives that are generously described as sedentary.

Dogs might be described as endurance hunters, but humans are one of the top endurance athletes on the planet.

A fit human will outrun a dog over long distance and possibly even a horse. They are tribes that still run down deer to kill them.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-...runners-2018-3

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...outrun-a-horse

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ning-not-speed

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto...-born-runners/

I used to outrun our old dog when she was at her peak, in warm weather and in 2 feet of snow. Of course my *slightly* longer legs helped in the latter. 2 1/2 hours of running her in the snow would wear her right down. Could be a fair bit quicker in the heat. At the wife's urging, I had to stop her from killing a little rabbit, so I chased her in the summer till she was ready to lie down. And the dog used to get more running around than either of us would. We'd both walk her, sometimes separately, and a probably a couple times a week, we'd run her behind the vehicle for an hour or two on rural property or back roads/trails.

[Tactical Lever]

Originally Posted by JD848

I seen a woman drop her weiner dog while getting into a boat,the dog sank straight down and the gal purse around her neck dove right in and plucked him out, I kinda got a good laugh watching her roll back on the doc with only one shoe and her dress torn up.

They yanked her out of the water and she hooked a nail on the side of the dock and off it came,only half of it. She wasn't to happy about her hubby pulling on her hair, hey life sucks some days. I had to drive away I was in tears laughing . She was about 2 hotcakes away from exploding, big gal.


11 hours is a lot of dog paddling, I say no way,if he drank sea water he would get sick after a short time or even die from that,so I say no way BS.

JD

Well the dog in question wasn't a Dachshund, which aren't ideal at swimming. It would be a bit like entering Chris Koch in a swimming competition. While he has great endurance; by his own admission, he's lousy at swimming. Actually he says he can't.

Dogs can swim for miles, of course somewhat dependent on breed. Like I said, they are endurance runners, which translates pretty handily to swimming.

https://www.livescience.com/2898-idi...-revealed.html

And I know this isn't a dog, but thought this was fairly incredible. No reason a dog couldn't go for half a day without drinking sea water..

https://zooologist.com/how-fast-can-a-polar-bear-swim/

[Tactical Lever]

A couple survived around 20 hours of swimming to land around Hawaii.

I read that the current was against them for quite a while. I think that the 20 odd miles could translate to a couple times that, if not more.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...arks-jellyfish

[EZM]

I guess it depends on the breed, I'm pretty sure a sled dog can keep running and pulling a lot longer compared to other breeds. In some cases these dogs pull for 18-20 hours a day.

One would think the energy needed to swim would be similar.

That leads me to believe it depends on the breed and the fitness of the dog.

[Okotok]

There was a story recently of a bloodhound that joined a marathon passing her house. Even with many side trips, the dog finished sixth. Ha!

[Okotok]

Originally Posted by EZM

I guess it depends on the breed, I'm pretty sure a sled dog can keep running and pulling a lot longer compared to other breeds. In some cases these dogs pull for 18-20 hours a day.

One would think the energy needed to swim would be similar.

That leads me to believe it depends on the breed and the fitness of the dog.

If you saw the movie "Togo" it gives you new respect for the endurance of sled dogs. Humans are not even close.

[Tactical Lever]

Originally Posted by Okotok

If you saw the movie "Togo" it gives you new respect for the endurance of sled dogs. Humans are not even close.

I'd say most humans aren't even close, but then most dogs aren't either. Top sled dogs are the elite athletes of the dog world, and can cover 100 miles in a day.

But then again, humans can cover 100 miles in a day also. People have ran for hundreds of miles straight over a few days without stopping for rest.

It would be an interesting race. It would be interesting just setting up the parameters of a contest like this, to make it competitive. I'd say that when it gets stinkin' cold out, the dog would have the edge. But in extreme heat; humans have the most efficient cooling of probably all the animals, and that would be a huge advantage, and probably mean an "easy" win.

[robson3954]

Originally Posted by Tactical Lever

I'd say most humans aren't even close, but then most dogs aren't either. Top sled dogs are the elite athletes of the dog world, and can cover 100 miles in a day.

But then again, humans can cover 100 miles in a day also. People have ran for hundreds of miles straight over a few days without stopping for rest.

It would be an interesting race. It would be interesting just setting up the parameters of a contest like this, to make it competitive. I'd say that when it gets stinkin' cold out, the dog would have the edge. But in extreme heat; humans have the most efficient cooling of probably all the animals, and that would be a huge advantage, and probably mean an "easy" win.

Yes temperature is a major factor with dogs. My GSP is still no quit at around 0C even at 9 years old. 10c and he starts to take breaks when doing a ball workout.
At his fittest/younger years he could destroy world record marathon times.

I watched a film at banff mtn a few years ago about skijoring dogs - gsp bred with greyhound. Their VO2 max was something like 3x the best human max. Crazy.

[Big Grey Wolf]

I was impressed with my Springer Spaniel couple years back. He trotted at 10 km/ hr following me on quad for a total of ~50 km. Their endurance is quite impressive.

[Okotok]

Then there's border collies. The energizer bunny of dogs. Work their ass off for 14 hours and then still want to play hard! The toughest, most endurant human of all time would get his/her ass kicked badly by the toughest, most endurant dog species.