Tips for Boating with Your Dog

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The Boating Dog Some dogs were born for the water, others less so. The key to boating with dogs is taking it slow and making safety your top priority. Here are eight tips to get you started: Before you go consider the tips to come. • Get a good fitting life jacket and have the dog wear it a few times around the home before they get on a boat. Any pet life jacket should have a handle to easily lift the animal out of the water. Your friends at BoatUS have a handy buying guide for dogs of all sizes at www.BoatUS.com/doglifejacket. • Have a special ID tag with the name of the boat, marina, slip number and cellphone number on it, just in case. If the dog gets lost, it’s a lot easier for the person who finds them to get them back to you quickly. • If there is any chance you’ll be going to Canada and Mexico, make sure you have current rabies vaccine and other shot documentation with you as dog tags are not acceptable proof of immunizations. It is also a good idea to check with customs because the rules and requirements often change. Once you’re ready, it’s time to step up the process. • Familiarize the dog with the boat slowly – don’t just get on the boat and leave the dock right away. Ideally, bring the dog to the boat for the first time without leaving the dock, and give your four-legged family member a chance to sniff around and get some sea legs. It may help to start the engine so they know the sound. • Plan for falls overboard, either from the boat or dock. If the dog falls overboard underway – or jumps in – you may be able to circle back and retrieve Fido just like a fallen water skier, pulling up slowly, cutting the engine and luring the dog to the swim platform with a treat. (What kind of treats to you offer your skiers?) If you don’t have swim platform, smaller dogs may be lifted over the side by their life jacket handle, but bigger dogs may require a different solution. If a dog falls off a dock, know that seawall bulkheads may prevent the animal from a self-rescue. • Bring plenty of water and make sure there’s some place the dog can get out of the sun and stay as cool as possible. Content Provided by BoatUS. www.BoatUS.com

Some dogs were born for the water, others less so. The key to boating with dogs is taking it slow and making safety your top priority. Here are eight tips to get you started: Before you go consider the tips to come. • Get a good fitting life jacket and have the dog wear it a few times around the home before they get on a boat. Any pet life jacket should have a handle to easily lift the animal out of the water. Your friends at BoatUS have a handy buying guide for dogs of all sizes at www.BoatUS.com/doglifejacket. • Have a special ID tag with the name of the boat, marina, slip number and cellphone number on it, just in case. If the dog gets lost, it’s a lot easier for the person who finds them to get them back to you quickly. • If there is any chance you’ll be going to Canada and Mexico, make sure you have current rabies vaccine and other shot documentation with you as dog tags are not acceptable proof of immunizations. It is also a good idea to check with customs because the rules and requirements often change.

Some dogs were born for the water, others less so. The key to boating with dogs is taking it slow and making safety your top priority. Here are eight tips to get you started:

e dogs were born for the water, others less so. The key to boating with dogs is taking it slow and making safety your top priority. Here are eight tips to get you started:

Before you go consider the tips to come.

• Get a good fitting life jacket and have the dog wear it a few times around the home before they get on a boat. Any pet life jacket should have a handle to easily lift the animal out of the water. Your friends at BoatUS have a handy buying guide for dogs of all sizes at www.BoatUS.com/doglifejacket.

www.BoatUS.com/doglifejacket.

• Have a special ID tag with the name of the boat, marina, slip number and cellphone number on it, just in case. If the dog gets lost, it’s a lot easier for the person who finds them to get them back to you quickly.

who finds them to get them back to you quickly.

• If there is any chance you’ll be going to Canada and Mexico, make sure you have current rabies vaccine and other shot documentation with you as dog tags are not acceptable proof of immunizations. It is also a good idea to check with customs because the rules and requirements often change.

because the rules and requirements often change.

Once you’re ready, it’s time to step up the process. • Familiarize the dog with the boat slowly – don’t just get on the boat and leave the dock right away. Ideally, bring the dog to the boat for the first time without leaving the dock, and give your four-legged family member a chance to sniff around and get some sea legs. It may help to start the engine so they know the sound. • Plan for falls overboard, either from the boat or dock. If the dog falls overboard underway – or jumps in – you may be able to circle back and retrieve Fido just like a fallen water skier, pulling up slowly, cutting the engine and luring the dog to the swim platform with a treat. (What kind of treats to you offer your skiers?) If you don’t have swim platform, smaller dogs may be lifted over the side by their life jacket handle, but bigger dogs may require a different solution. If a dog falls off a dock, know that seawall bulkheads may prevent the animal from a self-rescue. • Bring plenty of water and make sure there’s some place the dog can get out of the sun and stay as cool as possible.

Once you’re ready, it’s time to step up the process.

• Familiarize the dog with the boat slowly – don’t just get on the boat and leave the dock right away. Ideally, bring the dog to the boat for the first time without leaving the dock, and give your four-legged family member a chance to sniff around and get some sea legs. It may help to start the engine so they know the sound.

• Plan for falls overboard, either from the boat or dock. If the dog falls overboard underway – or jumps in – you may be able to circle back and retrieve Fido just like a fallen water skier, pulling up slowly, cutting the engine and luring the dog to the swim platform with a treat. (What kind of treats to you offer your skiers?) If you don’t have swim platform, smaller dogs may be lifted over the side by their life jacket handle, but bigger dogs may require a different solution. If a dog falls off a dock, know that seawall bulkheads may prevent the animal from a self-rescue.

• Bring plenty of water and make sure there’s some place the dog can get out of the sun and stay as cool as possible.

Content Provided by BoatUS. www.BoatUS.com

Content Provided by BoatUS.

Know the symptoms of dog heat stroke. While seasick dogs may vomit, that’s also one sign of heat stroke. Rapid, loud or difficulty breathing, extreme thirst, thick saliva, disorientation and a bright red tongue and pale gums are a few of the others. • If you’re going to be out on the boat for more than a few hours, plan on how your dog will relieve themselves, and pick up after your dog, no matter where they go. If you see where someone else didn’t pick up after their dog, pick it up for them. You don’t want to give any opportunity to show why dogs shouldn’t be allowed in your marina, and your boating friends will love you for it. • It’s also helpful to know if your boat’s insurance policy cover pets. Look into it.

• If you’re going to be out on the boat for more than a few hours, plan on how your dog will relieve themselves, and pick up after your dog, no matter where they go. If you see where someone else didn’t pick up after their dog, pick it up for them. You don’t want to give any opportunity to show why dogs shouldn’t be allowed in your marina, and your boating friends will love you for it.

• It’s also helpful to know if your boat’s insurance policy cover pets. Look into it.

How can you resist? However, before you bring the dog on the boat, think about these tips. Other Boating Features: Boat Ramp Courtesy Fuel Winterizations Maintain Boat Value Battery Maintenance Clean Your Boat 10 Safe Refueling Tips Marine First Aid Prepare your Inflatable New Upper Deck Capacity Rules

How can you resist? However, before you bring the dog on the boat, think about these tips.

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Other Boating Features:

10 Safe Refueling Tips

Prepare your Inflatable

New Upper Deck Capacity Rules

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