Any advice on how to get my Pyr into the kiddie pool? She wont go near it! It's SO hot in the summer here and we have no A/C inside. She's suffering and I want to help her cool down :( I do the wet towel thing, and of course she has plenty of shade and water, etc. I'm just curious specifically about the kiddie pool. Thanks in advance!

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At this point, you already know that a Pyr doesn't do anything it really doesn't want to do. If she doesn't want to go in the pool, there's really no point in forcing her. If you did get her in, chances are she won't stay anyway. Just keep cooling her like you are and leave the pool nearby, so she can make the decision to go in herself or not to.

If she won't go on leash, sit in the pool yourself and try to 'engage' her. That worked for me, of course, at the time I also had a Golden and could be, she went in because of that. I just posted a photo of her in the kiddie pool!