We have two of those, although they are Chocolate Labs! I swear that our Molly, who is eight, can smell the water before she even see it. When she was younger we used to have to keep her on a really long lead when she went swimming in the river 'cause she wouldn't come back for nothing and we were afraid she would get to tired and not be able to swim back to shore. A couple of years ago we were at the Colorado River and someone had to bring her back on a SeaDoo. We thought we had lost her but as soon as she hit the shore she was back at it. We haven't let her near the water since. And she won't get to go swimming again until she has a life jacket!