Dog on a boat in the Med. Advice please?

[TheCoach]

Lol, I meant the breed of dog, Brittany Spaniel

 

[Bouba]

Lol, I meant the breed of dog, Brittany Spaniel

Ha ha ha! You got me?? yes, he’s a rescue dog, not a purebred, a Brittany Spaniel cross (Épagneul Breton). He’s a great hunter, but the slightest loud noise sends him into a panic that will last the day. We are involved with some rescue centers, and the difference is, in the cities the dogs are almost exclusively pit bulls and the like, but in our rural location it’s mainly abandoned hunting dogs

 

[AndieMac]

Zero first hand experience as an owner, but here's what I rigged for that specific purpose when I had a barking guest onboard.
From 1:58 onward, but it goes there automatically if you just click the play button.

I remember the retrieval setup from years ago, you told us about the lady from the waterfront house on the northern tip of the island and her golden retriever.
It‘s mandatory for all guests aboard to go for a swim

 

[AndieMac]

The dog changes your plans, in fact he can totally destroy them. I often go complain to the wife that my lifestyle has been irrevocably upended by her dog. My council to Mike is not to do that, just accept it, because complaining gets me nowhere. And I’ll be really peeved off if his complaints are listened to and acted upon??

“HER dog”…..says he who has the cute avatar pic

 

[Bouba]

McDonalds? Thats what Mr Bouba eats all the time despite the fact he's become a French citizen now. His dog is just waiting for a few crumbs

You can have this fantasy that the French eat Cordon bleu at a Michelin star restaurant every lunch time. But the reality is they go to McDonalds?

 

[AndieMac]

Thanks to my sister in law letting us down and against my better judgement, it looks like our mutt will be accompanying us on our boating holiday in the Med this year. She's fine in the car so I have no particular worries for the drive to SoF but she's never been on our boat or indeed any boat before. In particular these are my concerns

Do we try to get her to poo/pee onboard and if so onto what? (astroturf?). How do we encourage her to do it? What do we do with the debris?
I have no idea if the mutt can swim. Should she wear a flotation device if she looks like she wants to jump in the water from the boat? How do we get her out (she weighs about 25kg)?
I'm sure Med based dogs are used to the heat but do dogs coming from cooler countries suffer from the heat and how could we cool her down?
Are we going to find it difficult to get her to jump on/off the pasarelle?
What about visiting other marinas? Are there likely to be rules for dogs in some marinas?

Any other issues I should be thinking about (other than throttling my sister in law)?

Whatever you decide Mike, to encourage any dog to use the Astro-turf as a place to pee and poop, the fake grass needs to be “seasoned” with the scent of THEIR own pee.
Just prior to the boat trip, when the dog gets let out for the big morning pee in the garden, follow them out with the plastic grass mat, and when they immediately finish, invert the mat, throw it onto the freshly peed-on ground and stand on the mat. Do this a few times, seal it in a plastic bag, off to the boat, and the dog will identify this as the place to go. The animals are very scent oriented.

 

[Bouba]

Whatever you decide Mike, to encourage any dog to use the Astro-turf as a place to pee and poop, the fake grass needs to be “seasoned” with the scent of THEIR own pee.
Just prior to the boat trip, when the dog gets let out for the big morning pee in the garden, follow them out with the plastic grass mat, and when they immediately finish, invert the mat, throw it onto the freshly peed-on ground and stand on the mat. Do this a few times, seal it in a plastic bag, off to the boat, and the dog will identify this as the place to go. The animals are very scent oriented.

This is just getting better and better for Mike???

 

[Portofino]

Dog ( despite best wrapping) will smell that in the car .Hope the leather is not conaliased as the ensuing dog pissing it’s self all the way down “ route d Solie “ will wash off the leather dye .

We stop regularly and let it out .It sniffs where other dogs have been , like they all do and marks it’s new territory emptying its bladder as it goes .

Keep the car your territory Mike

For clarity not necessarily you peeing in your own car , just don’t allow her to pee in it .

 

[Bouba]

We definitely need a full cruise report from Mike on this one?
It strikes me that there are three kinds of boats, ones where you need to step over your dog, those big enough that you can walk around the dog. And those so palatial that you don’t even see the dog. Luckily, for Mike, he has the latter! So his only close contact will be in the dinghy ?

 

[vas]

Whatever you decide Mike, to encourage any dog to use the Astro-turf as a place to pee and poop, the fake grass needs to be “seasoned” with the scent of THEIR own pee.
Just prior to the boat trip, when the dog gets let out for the big morning pee in the garden, follow them out with the plastic grass mat, and when they immediately finish, invert the mat, throw it onto the freshly peed-on ground and stand on the mat. Do this a few times, seal it in a plastic bag, off to the boat, and the dog will identify this as the place to go. The animals are very scent oriented.

sorry for the OT (or rather inverted topic...)
interesting approach, since you seem to know all that too well, can you please give me some lead as to how to get daughters small dog NOT to pee in the hometheatre wooden floor?
she'll do it when around once a week or so and gets on my nerves. Floor is still in good nick, but rather she stopped.
Also once a week she pees on the hometheatre sofa! Solution there is to fill it up with cushions

 

[Hurricane]

I had completely forgotten until Vas mentioned daughters dog.
I've had one of those on the boat as well.
Cute little thing:-



And in the lagoon - thankfully she was light enough to pick up with the dog life jacket handle.





Dog crapping was left to the daughter but her dog was very good - no misshaps.

 

[AndieMac]

sorry for the OT (or rather inverted topic...)
interesting approach, since you seem to know all that too well, can you please give me some lead as to how to get daughters small dog NOT to pee in the hometheatre wooden floor?
she'll do it when around once a week or so and gets on my nerves. Floor is still in good nick, but rather she stopped.
Also once a week she pees on the hometheatre sofa! Solution there is to fill it up with cushions

Perhaps she is covering another dog’s scent, I’d try a deep disinfect clean first, and then make sure the kids don’t let other people’s pets into the home-theatre room when their dad isn’t home

 

[AndieMac]

I had completely forgotten until Vas mentioned daughters dog.
I've had one of those on the boat as well.
Cute little thing:-

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And in the lagoon - thankfully she was light enough to pick up with the dog life jacket handle.

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Dog crapping was left to the daughter but her dog was very good - no misshaps.

A perfect boat/dinghy dog, around five kilograms, easy pickup with one hand into the dinghy, and any mistakes are quite small and not so shocking

 

[AndieMac]

This is just getting better and better for Mike???

It’s just like having little kids onboard again