7. MY DOG’S PLACE SUMMER WATER SPORTS CLASSES, LEDYARD, CONN.

Forget about swimming with the fishes. Swim with your dog at a freshwater lake in Ledyard. My Dog’s Place, out of Mystic and Niantic, offers a seven-week class for puppies and adult dogs and their owners or handlers. According to the brochure, ‘‘building a confident, cooperative water companion is the primary goal of this class.’’ You will learn to swim together as a team and pick up some basic retrieving skills. Basic obedience and leash walking are required. A canine lifejacket is strongly recommended, a human one required.

860-572-7755 (Mystic) and 860-691-0078 (Niantic), mydogsplace.com. Seven-week sessions, one in June, one in July, $140.