For some peculiar reason, it seems that a lot of the nation's top masters swimmers are also pug owners.
Ande Rasmussen, Kristina Ulveling, Heather Rietz, and--well, ah, me--are all owners of at least one and in some cases multiple pugs.
I am hoping to do a little vlogumentary about the curious connection between swimming and affection for flat-nosed little dogs.
If you are, or know, a swimming pug owner, would you consider sending me some photos (resolution 640 x 480 at least) showing you and your quadrapedic wards? Please include your name, your dog's or dogs' names, and any theories you may have about the link.
The photos do not have to show pugs in the water, or wearing goggles, or decked out in a matching Speedo and Zoomers with its owners. But you can certainly send such pictures if you have them.
Send to Jamesthornton1@comcast.net or post them on your FB and/or USMS photoalbums. Just let me know where I can find them, and I will do my best to make your pug famous!
pugs are known pigs and scavengers. mine couldn't swim and hated the water. sank like a rock. btw, no coeralation between fast swimmers and pugs.. sorry to blow that theory away. i am slow:)
No hypothesis yet! Who knows? If may prove to be the lap sitting of pugs, which tests all the fine balancing muscles of the owner who is trying to position the pug, that is the key to core strength and swimming power!
We must examine all possibilities. We know that pug ownership does = swimming greatness. Now we just have to understand why.
Please, all of you, send attached jpgs of your pugs, beagles, labradors, etc. to me at jamesthornton1@comcast.net
This could be a charming little photo assemblage.
pugs are known pigs and scavengers. mine couldn't swim and hated the water. sank like a rock. btw, no coeralation between fast swimmers and pugs.. sorry to blow that theory away. i am slow:)
No hypothesis yet! Who knows? If may prove to be the lap sitting of pugs, which tests all the fine balancing muscles of the owner who is trying to position the pug, that is the key to core strength and swimming power!
We must examine all possibilities. We know that pug ownership does = swimming greatness. Now we just have to understand why.
Please, all of you, send attached jpgs of your pugs, beagles, labradors, etc. to me at jamesthornton1@comcast.net
This could be a charming little photo assemblage.
