Doggie do's and don'ts

Lady Campanula

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"Dear Auntie Frum,

What's the right size and type of doggie for my boat? I have a smellie ol' Shrimper - would a neat Newfie be all right on trips over to Wight? What if there's a catameringue parked next door in the mewreener and my pets go hunting for pussies?

Can I carry on dumping the doo-doos into the deep, or do I need to get a dispensation from MARPOL?

Do tell - I'm wee'ing myself with expectation.

Your chum,

Barking Mad'ge"
 
We have sailed with Old English sheepdogs and a golden retriever (for four years, one of each) for more than twenty years. Our first boat was a Newbridge Navigator, we now sail a SO36.2. All our dogs have managed to last twelve to fifteen hours between comfort breaks - long enough for the passage between the Helford and Scilly - as none of the dogs have ever fouled the deck. All of them seem to have loved everything about boats, going ashore in the dinghy as much as staying on board (our current OESD, eleven years old, knows her way to every pub and yacht club we've ever visited). As all responsible dog owners should, we clear up after them when ashore.

To minimise the dogginess problem referred to in the other thread, our dog stays on deck, sleeping under the cockpit enclosure. She wears a lifejacket when under way and sleeps on the lee cockpit seat, waking up at the cry of "ready about" to step round the transom at "Lee oh" and can barely stay awake long enough to supervise sheeting in the genoa.

Poppy iis an equal member of our crew and the only time we have left her behind to cruise in Brittany we felt that we were incomplete.
 
Grumpybear said:
We have sailed with Old English sheepdogs and a golden retriever (for four years, one of each) for more than twenty years. Our first boat was a Newbridge Navigator, we now sail a SO36.2. All our dogs have managed to last twelve to fifteen hours between comfort breaks - long enough for the passage between the Helford and Scilly - as none of the dogs have ever fouled the deck. All of them seem to have loved everything about boats, going ashore in the dinghy as much as staying on board (our current OESD, eleven years old, knows her way to every pub and yacht club we've ever visited). As all responsible dog owners should, we clear up after them when ashore.

To minimise the dogginess problem referred to in the other thread, our dog stays on deck, sleeping under the cockpit enclosure. She wears a lifejacket when under way and sleeps on the lee cockpit seat, waking up at the cry of "ready about" to step round the transom at "Lee oh" and can barely stay awake long enough to supervise sheeting in the genoa.

Poppy iis an equal member of our crew and the only time we have left her behind to cruise in Brittany we felt that we were incomplete.
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Jeez! That's better than my racing crew....!

How are they doing foredeck? Are there any 'little confusions' when asked to 'do mast'...?

:D
 
Lady Campanula said:
Jeez! That's better than my racing crew....!

How are they doing foredeck? Are there any 'little confusions' when asked to 'do mast'...?

:D
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We're down to one dog now - our retriever died one day after her last sail, but not before she had taught Poppy the ropes. Poppy only leaves the cockpit when entering and leaving harbour, to pose just forward of the mast and to supervise the line handling etc.
 
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