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We have a golden retriever that loves the water. She starts nosing around semi-frozen puddles in the woods in the spring, seeing if she can break the ice on top and go for a little paddle around!
But it took a little coaxing as a puppy to get her in the first time. She kept running up to the waters edge, intrigued but scared. Even when I stood about 10 feet from shore she wouldn't come in. The solution for us was for me to carry her in, gently put her down and let her swim to my wife on shore. We did that about twice and she's loved the water ever since.
Having said that, retrievers have an intrinsic affinity for the water; some just need a little push to get started. I would NOT use that approach with a beagle, which is just as likely to hate the water no matter what you do. You're going to have to let the beagle try it out on his own, and accept whatever he decides about being in water.
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