DH is going to work on trying to get the DVD on the computer so that I can post part of it...but here are the pics...
They did cavaleties first (if anyone recognizes that toy in his mouth let me know--he loved it and I'd like to get him one)...
Getting into the pool....He likes to swim in lakes but really did not like pools in the beginning of this session....
The therapist is holding a treat to try to lure him onto the first step.....
Finally she got him in--I love that she took her time with him instead of just grabbing him by the life jacket and hauling him in. you can't see it here but there is a shelf in the pool before it gets deep that they walk them back and forth on first...
After a few more minutes she convinced him to come out and swim with her....
Part way through the session she stopped and massaged him...
He got more confident with each time out and by the end of it was swimming just like he was in the lake...
And after, of course, he had to do post swimming zoomies....We tried to reason with him, telling him it was not good for his elbow, but he ignored us and we had to corral him instead...
They did cavaleties first (if anyone recognizes that toy in his mouth let me know--he loved it and I'd like to get him one)...
Getting into the pool....He likes to swim in lakes but really did not like pools in the beginning of this session....
The therapist is holding a treat to try to lure him onto the first step.....
Finally she got him in--I love that she took her time with him instead of just grabbing him by the life jacket and hauling him in. you can't see it here but there is a shelf in the pool before it gets deep that they walk them back and forth on first...
After a few more minutes she convinced him to come out and swim with her....
Part way through the session she stopped and massaged him...
He got more confident with each time out and by the end of it was swimming just like he was in the lake...
And after, of course, he had to do post swimming zoomies....We tried to reason with him, telling him it was not good for his elbow, but he ignored us and we had to corral him instead...