[Rhodes22-list] Dog Life Jackets

[Leland]

That's one cool dog behind those Foster Grants!

cowie wrote:
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> My dog weighs less than yours and comes with an easy to lift handle.
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> Leland wrote:
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>> Rob & Lynn,
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> Kent Island, MD
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> Lynn Hoffman-2 wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|135|439|315210&id=1338478
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>>> 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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