RE: Need help training my labs?
My lab was really hesitent about the water for a long while. A trick that I found that works is to find another dog owner who has a dog that loves to swim and can get along with your lab. Take them both to the river, pond, lake or wherever you go swimming and let them play together. If your dog sees that the water is ok for the other dog then she might test it out a bit.
Just FYI, I can' t keep my dog out of the water. We even had to put a gate on our pool so that the dog wouldn' t go swimming un-supervised! [8D] He is such a good pool swimmer, and even uses the ladder to get out. Just like a person!
Good luck!