My two Dobbies won't go in the pool - on their own. That's a good thing but they do run around it like nuts chasing each other. The other day one of them fell in. She fell onto the tanning shelf while running around the pool. It only took her two leaps to get back out. I am concerned that if they fall into the deep end they may not know to swim to the shallow end (and exit off tanning shelf).

How do I go about trainning them? I don't like the idea of just throwing them into the deep end and guiding them out. I don't want to tramatize them. Perhaps this is the best/only way since I can't lure them into the water.

How many times do I have to put them in before they learn the way out?

In case you suggest it - I can't fence off the pool from them and there are times when no one is home so a pool alrm wouldn't help.

Any ideas?