Swimming World has in interesting Morning Swim Show video interview with Bill Boomer:
208.106.251.220/.../Tuesday(2008-03-25).wmv
It's too bad that he didn't give an example of a well known "swimming dog", or come out and just say that training swimmers that way just doesn't work.
Ted Erikson, the famed long distance swimmer, with his dog Umbra, in the Guinness Book of World Records. According to legend, Umbra swam behind Ted and nipped his heels whenever Ted flagged. :)
http://www.sdogv.com/swim.html
Should be some videos at that link, but it is utterly hopeless with a dialup so I didn't check.
Regards, VB
Ted Erikson, the famed long distance swimmer, with his dog Umbra, in the Guinness Book of World Records. According to legend, Umbra swam behind Ted and nipped his heels whenever Ted flagged. :)
http://www.sdogv.com/swim.html
Should be some videos at that link, but it is utterly hopeless with a dialup so I didn't check.
Regards, VB
