DoggypoolSee a sample
A brown curly-coated dog sitting on the stone edge of a backyard pool, looking down at the water

The only dog training course that takes a nervous dog from the edge of its own family pool to swimming

For the dog who stops at the edge

Doggypool is for the homeowner with a backyard pool, often one that is new to them, whose dog is scared of the water or panics in it.

A red-brown dog standing on the stone deck a few steps back from the edge of a pool
A curly brown dog standing on the wide top step of a pool with water over its paws

Two weeks of short lessons, taught at your own pool

The pool itself becomes the classroom. You tell Doggypool about your dog and where it is today, and the course takes it from the edge to swimming and finding the steps, one ten-minute lesson a day.

Whenever you say not yet, the course goes back a step.

A person in a linen shirt crouched at the pool edge with a hand resting on a calm chocolate Labrador

Ten minutes, once a day

You do the lesson yourself, beside your own pool, with your dog next to you. Each one is a single small thing, and ten minutes is the whole of it.

A chocolate Labrador swimming calmly toward the stone steps of a pool

Down to the steps

The course ends where it matters: your dog can swim and can find the steps to get out. Every lesson before that points at that one moment.

A golden retriever resting on the lawn beside a pool, with a towel and a hand beside it

Say not yet, and we go back a step

A dog that is not ready is not behind. When you tell the course not yet, it goes back a step, and you try again from there.

Two weeks, taken at your dog's pace

A lesson for a dog that wades

This is what one day of the course looks like for a dog that will stand in shallow water but not go further. Your dog's own lessons depend on where it starts.

Sample

Day 8 of 14

Stand on the top step

1Walk your dog to the top step, on a loose lead.
2Stand there together for one minute. Water over the paws is enough.
3Treat, praise, and walk back out. Stop here for today.
Done for todayNot yet

Choosing not yet takes tomorrow back to day 7.

Sample lesson, written for this page. Not a live lesson.
A woman in a linen dress sitting on the stone step of a pool with her feet in the water, a golden dog sitting beside her

Three steps, no rush

1

Tell Doggypool where your dog is today

Will not go near the edge, paws in, wades, or swims but cannot find the exit.

2

Do one ten-minute lesson a day

At your own pool, over two weeks, with your dog at your side.

3

Say not yet when it is needed

The course goes back a step.

One price, once

$29

A one-time purchase for the full two-week Doggypool course, with lifetime access to the lessons and progress page. No subscription at launch.

A wet chocolate dog climbing the stone steps out of a pool, a folded white towel waiting on the deck

A dog, a pool, and ten quiet minutes

That is the whole course. Look at a sample lesson and see whether it is a day your dog could do.

See a sample lesson

Where dogs start

A small tan dog standing far from the pool on the stone patio, watching the water

Will not go near

Where your dog is today

Stays back from the edge

A dog’s front paws just touching the water at the edge of a pool

Paws in

Where your dog is today

Touches the water, goes no further

A black and white dog wading belly-deep on the shallow ledge of a pool

Wades

Where your dog is today

Stands in the shallows

A golden dog swimming in a pool with its head up

Swims, cannot find the exit

Where your dog is today

Swims, but cannot find the steps