Hi Joan, he has been a swimmer. Growing up in Australia and Singapore that is one sport that has been part of his life, and my other kids swam a lot. His skin reacts, I assume to the chlorine, and we haven't tried a salt-chlorinated pool. He gets flushed even in an unheated pool, but that might be from the chemicals rather than overheating. Golf  and cycling are our best options at the moment, but it's a constant battle to get him to do anything, and he still has some pain from his fractured tibia. We are getting a dog over summer (a hypoallergenic one) partly in the hope that it will give him a reason to get out and walk regularly.

That's the breed we are getting! Thry are quite lovely dogs. We have visited the breeder but unfortunately she is a smoker so we can't judge his tolerance by visiting with her dogs. Even being in a room with an airfilter where the pups are, and no smoking in that room, we could smell tobacco on our hands after our visit, probably from the mother dogs fur. I have put this decision off for a long time, my kids have wanted a dog forever. I have decided to take the  risk, for the sake of the other benefits, and if a problem becomes obvious then we will have to deal with it. He has spent time with other dogs, and we have cats, and it hasn't seemed to be a problem, but I know it can vary. I have had friends with known cat allergies who have visited us and not reacted at all to our cat, he must be somehow less allergenic than others.