Boat Dog!

worm · Newbie Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 38

What, in your opinion, is the best breed of dog to chill on the boat?

moblsv · Outlaw Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 228

My labradors have been great fun in the water and on the beach, one would even ride on the kneeboard and sailboard with me, but they weren't great on the boat. One fell off the front of the boat and got hit by the prop, fortunately he got away with just a nasty cut on his butt that healed alright. Another had a nasty habit of jumping out to swim to you when you were down in the water.

BIGMAC · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject:

Depends on the dog and the boat!!

Buergday · Guest

I have the same problems with my lab. If he catches up to you in the water he tries to climb up on you, like you're an island - you can get scratched up pretty good. I've got to keep him tied up in the boat. He also won't shut up when I'm riding. He barks his ass off whenever I get in the water - only me though - it's funny at first, but gets annoying after a few hours!
Don't get me wrong though - he's an awesome dog, and an amazing swimmer.

Buergday · Guest

Just wondering - you posted in "Boats and Accessories". Is a dog considered an accessory? Laughing

eeven73 · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

If animals are accesories than i think the species you need are
californius bikinius 36-24-36 Wink

Alot more fun than labs Exclamation

orzech · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject:

my english setter goes crazy when she gets to ride in our boat. SHe is pretty calm once she is in it though.

She loves swimming after the ducks and geese.
We keep her on an old ski rope by the water sometimes(usually an electric fence(on land)) and she can swim after the birds. It is funny b/c she thinks she is getting closer to them but has maxxed out how far she can go so she is just swimming in place getting some exercise. hehehhe

she loves seeing birds and ducks fly around the water while i ride...

here are some pics

Buergday · Guest

Here's a few pix of my water dog, Floyd.

Buergday · Guest

notice that he's winking in the last pic Wink

. He's a pimp.

orzech · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 5:38 pm Post subject:

hey buergerday... i thought this waas your dog JK

JD · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 320 City: Bellingham

The best boat dogs hate water. You don't have to worry about them jumping in. Both my dogs hate water they just find a nice spot and chill.

orzech · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 8:51 pm Post subject:

my dog luvkily does not jump out of the boat

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

My lab is an AWESOME boat dog, but my wife has a gift for training animals (she works with horses), and she really taught him right. He pretty much just sits there and behaves, but after a set, if you call him, he will jump into the water and if you grap onto his harness, he will give you a tow back to the boat. It really is pretty funny! My wife says that he needed a "job" in order to behave on the boat, and she taught him that his "job" is recovery tow dog.

orzech · Posted: Feb 21, 2003 5:49 am Post subject:

ha... thats great

wakenut · Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 6 City: maryland

Short Hair dogs don't shed bad. Makes clean up easier.

glsurf · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 117 City: Tampa, FL

Sorry, but if I had a dog, I wouldn't let it in the boat.

steveb7 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 4

Boston Terriers make great pets. Ours dosen't like to swim, but she likes to ride and always goes to the swim platform while we're in the water.

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 21, 2003 9:58 am Post subject:

My neibours frien have a nice antique boat,It was all wood.They have special leather boots made for the dog to wear when he went in the boat so he didnt scratch the would and apulsty.I thougt it was kinda dumb though.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

I would sooner just not have a boat than ban my dog from it. Just me, though. Our lab comes EVERYWHERE with us. I don't think he knows that he is a dog.

orzech · Posted: Feb 21, 2003 11:41 am Post subject:

It is great having a dog in the boat. Gives you something to play with while you are watching peeps ride

OttoNP · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 848 City: MI

Do you guys do anything to help prevent your dog's claws from tearing up the vinyl?

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mossy44 · Criminal Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 87 City: Memphis, TN

my lab stays on the swim platform the entire day. he has only fallen off once in over two years. i dont know how he does it, but he just never falls off. whenever a rider is done with his session, i send my dog to go get the handle for us. i also tell him to go to shore every now and then to go to the bathroom. besides that though, he stays on the swim platform all day long. no hair in the boat!!!

justincat · Criminal Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 97 City: arkansas

dude mossy44 your dogg probly gets real high from the exhaust. But it hasent killed him yet so i guess its alright. thats crazy though. lol

ohsix · Posted: Feb 23, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject:

have you ever seen a dog on a truck toolbox? its amazing how they can stay on there. i can see how they could stay on a swim platform. as for getting high i usually sit on the swim platforn when im watching other people ride and i never smell the fumes. if your going slow the piped are under water and if you're going fast the fumes are behind the boat so you dont smell them.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Labs are definitely the best dog as far as anything having to do with the water, IMO

riverfreak · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 7:24 am Post subject:

labs are great boat dogs, the only problem I have with mine is him jumping out of the boat when we stop to pick up a fallen rider, he's learning though, I just tie him to the front seat, he sleeps on the fat sacks.....also make frequent shore stops, dogs won't pee in the water while swimming, mine took a 1 1/2 minute piss in the boat last year, poor thing he hadn't been in so long, he couldn't hold it.....

mossy44 · Criminal Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 87 City: Memphis, TN

actually, let me add to that my earlier post. YES, my dog did get high and pass out one time. i didnt know what happened at first but then it hit me later that night. we had been riding all day and we stopped for about 10 minutes and the boat was running. he got high off the fumes and he fainted. it didnt bother him though cause the next weekend he was back at it. i just know now that if we are ever just sitting there or changing riders or something, i need to turn the engine off.

and one time i guess i hadnt let him go to the bathroom in a while and he was standing on the platform and just started peeing right there. i felt bad but he finished his business. we got it on video and we laughed our asses off.[/img]

Nathan Newman · Addict Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 711 City: Baylor

I wish we had a boat dog... Neutral

riverfreak · Posted: Feb 25, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

and is there really any worse smell than the wet dog odor? OK maybe butt smell.... Laugh

Buergday · Guest

Riverfreak- Is that an Insane Clown Posse guy under your name? I hope not. Those guys are such morons. They played a show at a club I used to work at, and totally ruined the floor, because they thought it was cool to pour like 500 2-liter bottles of root beer all over the crowd. I failed to see the entertainment value. You should have seen all of the white trash that showed up for that show too! And when they were all finished with their "show", the lead guy (the fat one) stunk up the employee bathroom like you wouldn't believe! Shocked

The following week Digital Underground played our club. THAT was cool. I burned with Shock G in the greenroom. That guy is one skinny MF! I got to try on his Humpty nose!

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Feb 25, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject:

I have an English Mastiff he loves the water, he is just a little big. He does make good ballast though.

matt 4 · Posted: Feb 25, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

my lab is awesome on the boat, he even loves to jump on the jet ski and sit infront of me, he just licks the wind when we are cruzing at 50mph. i would never leave him on the dock, he is considered my 3rd spotter when only me and my buddy are boarding

LickerPig · Criminal Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 62 City: Orlando, FL

labs are the best boat/water dogs

Phaeton · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 572 City: Redding

Our dog after my daughter got ahold of him.

atxwake · Posted: Feb 26, 2003 11:47 am Post subject:

Ha ha thats great!!!!!!!!!!! My lab always just wants to dive in the water, we've had to keep her from jumping in a million times while we were riding!