she liked to walk on the edge and we think she had a stroke, but there is nothing worse, I think, than to find your beloved pet dead in the pool. I wouldn't leave my kiddos unwatched, I wouldn't do it with my dogs either. Callie used to love to swim, but we had to be in the pool with her because there was no way she could get out on her own up the ladder. She would just leap in and we had to really watch her.