My daughter in law’s family lives on a lake, they have a boxer that will swim for hours, but that is not the norm. I have a Malinois, she will jump off the boat into 50 feet of water like it’s nothing. My old dobe wasn’t much for getting in water either.
Mals have great buoyancy, thanks to their coat, and swim well, in spite of being ‘hatchet shaped’.
Just one little thing like that can literally make it a ‘sink or swim’ situation.
Crazy about the Water Boxer.
:D
They sell flotation vests for non-swimmer breeds now.
Being that my dogs, like me, are mountain-bound hillbillies, odds are we’ll never need such things.
:)