27 Lake Loving Doggos for Exhausted Employees Who Need to Cool Off

Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor

Jul 9, 2026 6:45 PM EDT

It seems that for whatever reason there are two troubling times of year for office workers. The holidays are always hectic with it coming to the end of the calendar year, but it seems that summer takes its toll too as people jet off for vacations leaving the rest of us to hang back and pick up the slack. So if you are feeling overworked and overdue for a vacation we invite you to take a dip into this list of lake loving doggos to help you cool off.

The freedom of vacation is something that all of us hoomans need and funnily enough it is something that is ever present in the souls of our puppers. You can see how they are able to instantly harness their love and passion for freedom the moment we let them off the lead. Sprinting into the great unknown, solely focused on being free and through that freedom, accepting any adventure that comes their way. A trait that we are rather envious of seeing how hard it is for many of us hoomans to switch into freedom more the moment the weekend begins.

So to help prepaw you for the freedom that is coming your way soon enough, and to help ease the strain of the work week we invite you to join these water loving doggos as they embark on various colorful adventures around the water. From doggos dashing into lakes with their pupper pals in tow, to canines cruising on their pawrents' boats and paddle boards there is enough water-based adventure in this collection to quench the thirst of even the most avid outdoors lover. So go forth and be pawsitive people.

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Now, this is what you need when work has simply gotten too much to bear. Some time away from it all, away from work, away from your phone, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. In a place where you can let your soul be free and hang out with your pupper while enjoying the splendor of nature. So close your eyes, clear your thoughts, and slowly start to fill them with visions of floating on a lake accompanied by your swimming pupper pal. It’s all the wonder of being there in real life, minus the getting wet part of it all.
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We’ll tell ya, this magical pupper moment feels like a breath of fresh air straight to the soul. You can feel the pawsitive energy of the day that this pawrent and pupper must have spent on their boat. Cruising from beach to beach, catching fish and then sharing a delicious lunch. Only to cap off this pawfect day with a sail into the sunset. You really could not ask for anything more than this in life. If only it could be a daily occurrence. And seeing as it isn’t we will have to make do with what we have got.
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