Dear Eric: Can you offer any advice about a good friend who lets her dog jump in my pool? I have an inground vinyl liner pool so one concern is the dog could damage the liner with its nails or teeth.

It's a brisk Saturday in winter, but at the Northern Virginia Animal Swim Center, a pool party is underway -- and it's going swimmingly. Wet, excited dogs and rolling balls are underfoot everywhere, ...

It’s summer so kids’ playdates and birthday parties might start moving from the playground to the pool. I research how to prevent drowning. I’m also a mum of two kids living in a house with a pool. So ...

With the Fourth of July on the horizon, conversations inevitably turn to celebratory backyard barbecues and pool parties. Although the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that ...