Lifejackets for pets

KevL

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As SWMBO and I were buying ourselves some new lifejackets SWMBO noticed the Dog lifejackets and so our little Shih-tzu now has her very own lifejacket. Now with this breed being quite small and as our shih-tzu is black I can imagine that the bigest problem we would have if she fell overboard would be to keep track of her position. The lifejacket is bright orange which would help and has a handle on the back to ease retreval but the question is do they actually work as a flotation aid and does anyone have any experiance of rescuing pets from the water?

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Last year (or year before?) a yacht sank in the Thames Estuary, can't remember all the details but I know the dog got safely ashore. Yes they do work, had a friend with a Rottweiller who would only go paddling if he was wearing his lifejacket mind you that Rottie was the biggest Wimp on 4 legs and wouldn't go out after dark as it was too scared.

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Wotcha Kev,
We bought one for our Staffordshire bull terrier last year from the 'Compass' catalogue. It was tested when the dozey sod jumped off the wrong side of the boat while we were in Gillingham marina and then tried to get back on someone elses boat after bobbing around for fifteen minutes. Yep the life jackets work o k but it did make his eyes bulge when I lifted him up by the handy handle on the top of it.
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Yes they certainly work and after initial uncertainty our G Retriever has really taken to hers and associates it with going on the boat . Probably the most usefull feature is the lifting handle , it is surprising how difficult it is to lift a large dog back onboard when she has decided to see off the seals !

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