With this heat it's one and done, dogs can get hot quick even when wet.

Checked one of the local duck tanks yesterday evening and it should load up with teal in September with all this vegetation.

Holy moly, those are looking good. Should load up for sure.

water with that much vegetation in it isn't doing much for them as far as cooling. The top thermal cline of that pond is like jumping into a jacuzzi. I doubt it's very refreshing.

Find some water that's deep with little vegetation and a shade tree need by and you can train all day.

Struggling to swim thru that vegetation can get a dog overheated quick. I try to use water with little grass in it.

Robby

Some versatile dog tests specifically require a blind retrieve in water with vegetation. Plus, doesn't water with vegetation better simulate real early-season hunting? I would kill for access to an alligator-free pond like that, and like the OP I would only do one or two retrieves this time of year.

Lalo that is correct.

I train in at least 10 different tanks, 5 to 6 days a week. Don't have a clue what the Test Pond will look like, so we keep changing it up.

Typically she will swim 2 or 3 sets of doubles each day and a couple marks. On one of the tanks we train on it is 87 yards one way. Some days she will swim over a 1,000 yards.

She had no problems powering through that vegetation.

Pond is definitely looking "tealy" and dog is impressive!