Why do dogs love water and cats hate it?

[Catherine]

This is a good question and one I never really thought about. There are some good reasons.
Now that I have read about it I can see why. Cats have different fur and it does soak up water and stay wet. 
When you think about it, dogs have feet more suited to swimming.  

http://mentalfloss.com/article/563105/wh...hate-water

I think the reason given, that cats like to be in control and don't like floating makes sense. Cats are a climbing animal. Being in water would not be natural to a cat. They would climb out of flood waters and cross water on tree branches. 
Dogs would just jump in the water and swim if they needed too. It does seem more natural to them.

I could have posted this in the cats section, but then I would have labeled it "Why do cats hate water and dogs love it?".