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Hi Y'all: need some experience on taking care of dogs on board, especially if sailing for more than a few hours; overnight? thanks for all your advice on other queries, Alice and Stew, "THE RESTLESS TWO"

Hey y'all, welcome onboard! I used to sail with two cocker spaniels, now I've got one. Daysail, weekends, multi-day, lake & ocean. What kind do you have and what can I help you with?

I think jackie sails with 4 westies....try a search for his posts (click on the 'search all terms button' for author

jackie m

4? Did he lose one? I thought it was five!

K9Kampers wrote:Hey y'all, welcome onboard! I used to sail with two cocker spaniels, now I've got one. Daysail, weekends, multi-day, lake & ocean. What kind do you have and what can I help you with?

we have one KEESHUND. looks like a small (35lb) huskie, black and silver. our concern is crossing to the bahamas. most everywhere else, we'll be only a few hours from terra firma. thanks for your interest and advice. Alice and Stew, "THE RESTLESS TWO"

Jag - Perhaps our biggest concern with dogs onboard is when & where to do their duty. When we got our Mac, both dogs were already 10+ years old. Although house-trained, the boat was different.
We would try to encourage "going on deck", but that saying about "can't teach an old dog new tricks..." Dakota, for physical reasons would just go whenever/where-ever, but Abby is too sensitive and would always wait however long to go ashore. Dogs get acustomed to waiting a long time if they've been trained properly when/where to/not to go.
My wife, when growing up, had another cocker that they trained while young, were to "go" on the motoryacht.

Hope this helps, any other conserns?

Andrew

K9Kampers wrote: Dogs get acustomed to waiting a long time if they've been trained properly when/where to/not to go.

That is exactly correct. My little one expects to go before bed time, and within an hour or so at morning. He has had no accidents on the boat, or at home.
When mine comes up to me, wags his tail, stares, its the signal for food or pottie. He has a way of communicating which one

Pets -- thank God for 'em.

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eric3a wrote:Reading the title I thought someone was being politically incorrect.
I believe the proper term is "aesthetically challenged".

Eric
Intellectually impaired follicularly challenged person. (Bald idiot!)

our pup is aesthetic and doesn't seem particularly challenged stew

We did have five. We lost our dear sweet 1st mate a year ago and are down to four now. She was 15 1/2 and loved to go boating. Any kind of boating (sailing, kayaking, dinghy).

We are at four westies now.

There are potty training papers you can buy in the pet department. Soak one of those with your dog's pee and keep it handy (in a zip-lock bag) to place on deck where they can sniff it and know it's ok to do their business.

Also, I (jackie m) am the female human of the clan. It's my husband that you see in the avitar. He sometimes reads here but has never posted here.

Getting ready to launch..... (taken about 2 years ago with all five)




Settling in.....





jackie m

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Reeeeeal fast if it's downhill


jackie m

jackie m -
My apologies for my faux pas...both of them. I'm sorry for the loss of your 1st mate.

Andrew

No apology necessary, K9. No way for you to know.

Mollie was the bravest (too brave, sometimes) and most fun loving and most loyal dog I've ever had the privilege to share my life with. She was my first westie and a true friend. And also why I have four more

I'm guessing you have a K9 buddy or two (or more), also?


jackie m

Apologies due from me too, Jackie - always nice to hear from the Admirals.

Sorry for the loss of your first mate. Our 10 year old twin girls have a 16 year old cat and two 6 month old kittens - would love to get them a canine companion but havent a clue how to work one into my travel schedule.

Two westies live next door, so my girls get their canine fix every day on the way to school.