just me wrote:
I took my little dog with me for her first "offshore" experience. Sailed
outside from Charleston to St. Augustine. Tink is 3 years old and weighs
about 5#. She would not go to the bathroom! 31 hours! She did not seem to
be in distress. I had brought a litter box lined with scented puppy pads.
She would sit in (unwillingly) but no go. We tried everything we could
think of. No luck. When we docked she went to the grass and did
everything..twice. What do you folks who travel with dogs do? Help!




Train them to use the litterbox BEFORE leaving on a trip. Another way is
to take a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet that you can use on deck and
train them to go on that. Again BEFORE leaving the dock. The carpet can
have a hole punched in it, a line tied to it and dunked in the waterto
clean it. As part of the training, be sure to dunk the carpet in
seawater after a use while training. The carpet/seawater smell will be
different so get the dog used to that.
krj