Thanks folks. Hey, I never thought about the jets going right back into the skimmer. That's something to think about. Straight up in the air does a pretty good job too though.

As far as the dog in the pool goes, I just do it manually. Wifey gets her up as far as she can from outside the pool then I take her from inside and put her in the water. On rare occasions I've just tossed her right over into the pool. She never gets the chance to panic because we just let her make it to the side and take her out. Believe it or not though, she loves the water so much that recently she's been able to climb to the last rung (that's two whole steps that she covers). We like to act like we don't see her because she's more apt to hop down if we give her attention. She hasn't made that final step onto the platform yet but I don't think it'll be that long before she does. A dog climbing a ladder is a site to see.