Sentences with phrase «dog paddle»

Keeping your hand on his chest will support his legs back into the water for a successful dog paddle.

There are some dogs that mostly can not swim; their bodies are too dense or their legs too short to effectively dog paddle.

She swam on, now sidestroking, now backstroking, even dog paddling for a moment as she positioned her eyes at water level and peered along the surface like some periscope.

In the Feb. 8 SN: Erasing memories, blocking pot's high, doing calculus at the speed of light, explaining dog paddle and making wine in a global greenhouse.

You're always dog paddling and trying to figure out what you need to do next,» she explains.

As a child Madison learned to swim by dog paddling with the family labrador, now she is delighted to be a swim coach at the Rex Center.

We are so excited because today is the 2nd Annual Dog Paddle event sponsored by the Oktibbeha County Humane Society.

At first we thought his cute floundering was just an awkward dog paddle but within seconds we realized it was a genuine struggle and my sister jumped in — fully clothed — to save the little guy.

good thing, since you only dog paddle, that you are no longer anywhere near the underwater sign..

So, for example, if parents and teachers agree that students should have friends or meet deadlines or dog paddle for five minutes and a teacher observes using a report card whether or not they are able to do these things, then the report card has high face validity.

Here are the eight best pet startups that are doing way more than dog paddling to get ahead this year.

My breaststroke probably looked more like a dog paddle, and my fly probably looked... well, let's just say that at one point the lifeguard asked what stroke I was trying to do.

I did the dog paddle for a while, trying to find some drift wood of the wreckage of my theory on which to float, but pretty soon, I sunk too.

Too many are inhibited, coming to the islands in the thrall of an unfortunate mainland belief that any sportsman over 30 who does not have a physique like Sandow should confine himself to dog paddling, occasional tennis and a slow death of weekend golf.

Most adults remember their first success in learning to swim using the «dog paddle».

«How dogs do the «dog paddle»: An evolutionary look at swimming.»

Also, while the movements that make up terrestrial gaits like trotting can vary from one dog breed to another, the dog paddle gait showed very little variation among the different breeds.

Here, the dogs» work is leading Fish to answers for evolutionary questions simply by performing their namesake movement: the dog paddle.

Dr. Frank Fish, a professor of biology at West Chester University, set out with his colleagues to understand how real dogs perform the dog paddle.

Thanks to its adaptations, proboscis monkeys can skilfully wade through their swampy habitat and dog paddle like a pro, says Ramesh Boonratana of Mahidol University International College in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

The pooches featured in the five books here do everything from joy riding to going for a swim (or at least a dog paddle).

This is a common misconception, probably helped along by the swim stroke referred to as the «dog paddle.»

Dog paddling may be instinctive but they can still drown if they can't climb out and get too tired to float.

But he's not there to dog paddle.

The breed has completely webbed feet and swims with a breast stroke instead of a dog paddle.

And through the same mutual friend, hooked up with Wang, who asked her to teach a dog paddle boarding class for a small group in Alameda in July.

Considering how popular the phrase «dog paddle» is, most people assume that all dogs are natural swimmers.

As well, be watchful that your dog's toenails don't accidentally injure one of their fellow swimmer while they are dog paddling.

And certainly, dogs that are dog paddle - deficient should be carefully supervised by adults around the pool and should wear a life jacket (either one made for small children, or even better a life jacket specifically made for canines).

Not every dog paddles well.

It might have something to do with only being able to dog paddle five metres, despite having endless childhood lessons.

It was considered a triumph when I was finally taught to dog paddle 5 metres.

It might have something to do with only being able to dog paddle 5 metres, despite having endless childhood lessons.