dog swimming in sea

I like to swim in the sea, is it OK for my 1 year old Colly/lurcher dog
to join me. Yesterday I took him to to the sea, I walked out to about
my middle and he swam for his second time. He seemed to love it but at
the same time he seemed unsure. When ever I went back in he followed
but saying that he would follow me in to a fire.

What's the situation with dogs in the sea, is it safe fo them?

starrkssd...

My dog used to be scared of water! i told a trainer i wanted to get her
used to the water and she said "oh that's easy!" then dragged my
scarred baby (by the prong collar) into a kiddie pool. she talked to
her in a confident "Im the boss" tone.
what worked was encouraging my wonderful puppy with praise to follow me
into the water for play, no force at all. (and this was while i was
still using the prong collar) now she loves, loves, loves water! (even
icky dirty water) she will find water in the woods to go jump in and if
im driving by water and tell her about it she gets up to see lol. she
gets very happy at the word "swimmin"
she is not sure about actually swimming though she only did that once
and it was by accident. she jumped off the dock thinking the water
wasn't so deep...
im like a proud mom talking about my pup, lol, oh well :-)
crystal

Rox...

I would be be careful to dry the dog's ears.