[Rhodes22-list] Salty Dog

[benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com]

Lee,

Your lab will LOVE being on a boat.  Like a beagle loves to chase small animals
or a racehorse loves to run the track, he's got a thousand years of breeding
telling him that there's nothing better in the world to being on the water.

I would love to have one of the dogs that I see (usually labs) charge up and down
the deck in a rough lake without it looking like it's any effort at all.  We
almost always bring our two dogs (beagle and basset hound) sailing.  They seem to
enjoy it, but like you allude, it's hard to know whether they enjoy the ride, or
just being with their humans.  

(Attached is my favorite photo of the two of them aboard.  It's a great
illustation of the difference in their personalities.  The big one's a lap dog,
the little one's a captain.)

Getting an overboard lab back on board might be more of a problem.  I have seen
them climb swim ladders, but I think I would want to train at the dock to see if
he catches on.  Hoisting a big wet dog aboard doesn't sound much fun.  I guess
worst case you could leave the dog in a harness, connect him to your topping
lift, and use the winches to haul him up if you had to.

Ben



On Tue Jun 26 10:06 , Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> sent:

>
>We just rescued an 18-month old lab mix from the pound.  The dog loves the
>water and my wife thinks it would be a great idea to take him on the boat. 
>Doesn't sound so good to me.  I know a lot of you have sea dogs and I'd
>appreciate your advice.
>
>1.  Aside from preventing separation anxiety, do you think the dog would
>enjoy it?  I wouldn't take him on an amusement park ride.
>
>2.  How do you get him back in the boat?  I assume he's around 100 pounds
>wet, and I don't think I could train him to use the swim ladder.  Not that I
>really want a wet dog in my boat anyway.
>
>I'm obviously looking for reasons to leave the poor pooch at home, but if
>you think otherwise, please let me know.  I'll be selective when I pass the
>information on to the Admiral.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Lee
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