[Rhodes22-list] Dog Life Jackets

[cowie]

My dog weighs less than yours and comes with an easy to lift handle.




Leland wrote:
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> Rob & Lynn,
> 
> I was at the vets spending thousands of dollars on my "free" rescue dog
> and struck up a conversation with my waiting room neighbor who had
> portuguese water dogs.  Turned out he was the owner of J/Boats in
> Annapolis and he went on and on about sailing with his dogs.  Give him a
> call and I'm sure he'll tell you everything you'd want to know about
> sailing with K-9s.
> 
> My salty dog hates sailing but probably hates being left at home more. 
> First time out he was overboard before we got out of the marina.  Scared
> the poor thing to death and he wouldn't leave the cabin afterwards.  After
> about an hour he puked all over the cabin.  Don't know if he was just
> nervous or seasick.  You'd think with all the lab in him he'd love the
> water.  He's a little over 90 pounds dry and getting him back in the boat
> wasn't dry or easy.  Sailor or not we still love him.
> 
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Lynn Hoffman-2 wrote:
> 
> i trained my late portuguese water dog to wear a harness with a ring
> between his shoulders. if he fell-or jumped-i could help him back aboard
> with a boat hook. it was pretty easy since he was a good swimmer, only 65
> lbs and the sea pearl had pretty low freeboard, might not work with
> different dog/boat combo.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Anyone have any suggestions on decent life jackets for dogs?  We take our
>> hounds with us sailing quite often and they love to walk up to the bow
>> and
>> sit up there.  Drives the admiral crazy.  We got them some cheap jackets
>> sort of like these.
>>
>> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|135|439|315210&id=1338478
>>
>> They don't care for them at all.  It's like you put strait jackets on
>> them
>> and they are way too hot.  Suggestions?  Thanks - rob
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