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| souweine |
Posted on 05/18/10 - 1:46 PM
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how about this? Anyone use this off of the teak swim platform?
http://www.boatingdog.com/Load_A_Pup/Boating_Dog.html
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| John Fyke |
Posted on 05/18/10 - 4:04 PM
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I have a chocolate lab. He's always hated the water and car rides. Weird. My half yellow lab half grayhound loves both and she sure can run. I'm looking at a purebread German Shepard puppy at this time. We'll see how that goes.
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| whalerman |
Posted on 05/18/10 - 4:42 PM
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Gotta black lab a few months ago from the pound. She's only 7 months old now and have been gradually getting her used to the boat with slow speeds, loves to chase waves. Took her to a small island last week and she loved it! Swimming, running arround , getting sticks. At 55 lbs. she's an arm load to get in the outrage at the beach/sandbar, so a ladder would be nice.
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| Corey G |
Posted on 05/19/10 - 7:55 AM
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I used to have a Pawsaboard ladder seen here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Paws-Aboard-Dog-Boat-Water-Safety-Ramp-Stairs-Ladder-/230399026388?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a4da24d4
For my last boat 30 ft crusier and it worked great as I have a 120# black lab that feels like hes 150# when wet. I like them becuase they float and give him several steps.
With dogs on boats make sure they have plenty of fresh water, a towel to dry them off or they will shake off on you, and shade, esspecially if they are darker in color. Once my dog gets hot he goes for a swim no matter where you are or what the speed, hes jumped off when doing 20 before like it was nothing.
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| damdonzi |
Posted on 06/14/10 - 8:28 PM
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We have a 100LB Lab and alot of what has already been posted is so true.
Start them early and they get used to everything. Not barking at every other boat. Not digging or chewing the interior. Not jumping overboard. Learning to sit at the dock.
Water. Portable water dishes are everywhere.
Shade. If there is not enough room under a seat, a towel or maybe an Anchor Shade.
Swimming. No way I was lugging our guy out of the water. We got one of the www.pawsaboard.com ladders and love it. Have used it on a few different boats and it just works.
Breaks. Some people have been able to teach thier dogs to go on the swim platform etc, If you can do that, more power to you. Otherwise, just keeping an eye on them a let them get a break on a more regular schedule at first. The excitement makes them want to go more than the normal schedule they keep at home.
Treats. Reward them for behaving in the boat, and it will pay dividends down the road.
Towels. Be prepared to watch your interior get SOAKED after every happy shake when your pal gets back on board. It still amazes me how much water a dog can absorb ----and then disperse!
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| John Fyke |
Posted on 06/14/10 - 9:49 PM
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Here's my Shepherd. He loves the water and the boat.
[IMG]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e283/Protek9543/misc/Mugzie.jpg[/IMG]
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| dprice |
Posted on 08/16/10 - 7:21 PM
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We have an 10 year old lab and a 1 year old golden. We taught them to climb the 3 step swim ladder on our Montauk. It took a little bit of time, the lab kept wanting to climb the motor but she finally got it. As many have mentioned have water & shade for your dog.
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| kb5xg |
Posted on 10/13/10 - 5:49 PM
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I have an 80 pound female lab and it is extremely difficult to keep her out of the water. I have no idea how I would get her back in the boat. So far I have been able to keep her in. But my real questions is how can I keep her standing up. Any change in speed or direction and she slips on the bottom. Would a piece of astroturf give her enough footing or indoor outdoor carpet layed in the bottom of the boat work. What do you suggest. I do not want to glue anything down.
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| JohnnyCW |
Posted on 10/14/10 - 10:29 AM
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With the average weight of a healthy male black Lab being about 60-75 pounds, the membership here must have on average a collection of some of the heaviest Labs out there. I travel the Country on a regular basis involved in training search dogs for USAR. Labs of course are popular for search and rescue duty and out of the hundreds I've worked with, I've never seen any healthy Lab at 100 pounds let alone more. Goodness gracious.
souweine, very cool product. I like the fact it appears fairly compact when stowed.
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| kb5xg |
Posted on 10/14/10 - 6:09 PM
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My lab is healthy and still lean, for a female she is extremely tall, her dad was the biggest lean lab I have ever seen, she is probably outside the AKC limits for show dog even though she could have been registered. We had her spayed as a pup, but she is not fat like most 7 or 8 year old labs. I will probably get one of the pup ladders for next summer, I think it will work on the whaler and the pontoon, family boat.
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