Dog-paddle science debunks notion of underwater trot

From Newfoundlands to Yorkshire terriers, canines swim with similar, distinctive gait

DIFFERENT STROKES  Dog paddling isn’t the underwater trot that scientists thought, says a novel study trying to define the motions of nature’s less-efficient swimmers. 

Cynoclub/iStockphoto

View the video

AUSTIN, TEXAS — A preliminary analysis of dog paddling has already sunk the old idea that swimming dogs just trot in water.