The pet stores sell those "wee wee" pads for training puppies. They are
pretty large.

"Wildest Dream" wrote in message
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where doe's the dog go to the bathroom on the boat? I had mine on board
acually my wife's dog and my daughter put him in the cabin and thank god
she
put down a towel cause he went right in the middle of the floor and
tracked
it all over the towel. I prut him in the water and washed him up and threw
out the towel. Tried him one more time and he crapped on the swim
platform,
he's getting closer to where I want it , off the boat. I hated to have to
clean that up for all the world to see, than I had the smell in the
garbage,
I would have trown it in the water put too many people around and in my
boat
were swimming in the water. He now stays home. P.S. I have fish.

"Curtis CCR" wrote in message
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"Dionysus Feldman" wrote in message
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Our lab has had a tough time getting in and out of our boat. Part
of
this is due to a high dock -- or low water, depending on your
perspective. The critical thing is getting out of the water

We went swimming off the back, but she had a tough time getting on
the
swim platform afterwards. I'm sure it wasn't pleasant for her to be
pulled and pushed, and I'm thinking that, since many people hunt
with
labs from boats, there's a good way to get her on board.

There are a bunch of different things made to assist dogs getting into
boats. I haven't used any, but have looked at them. Check out
Cabalas
for
some ideas - try this link (to cabalas)

http://tinyurl.com/n5d8

If it doesn't work, just search the Cabelas site with: dog boat.

good luck with that lab Mine goes nuts if he just imagines I'm
getting
ready to go boating (you know how they look deeply into your eyes and
figure
out what you're thinking). He walks the gunwales around the
windshield
and
hangs 10 off the bow whenever he gets the chance. It's interesting
when
he
sees a beaver, but luckily is pretty obedient.

I don't think either of our dogs cared much for boating. I am sure
they only willingly went along because it beat the alternative.
However our briard really liked swimming. We put him in a PFD with
the handle on the back. He weighed about 70 lbs. so I was usually
responsible for pulling him up onto the swim platform. He would
attempt to use the ladder, and a few times managed to climb up it on
his own. I did't like him doing that - it looked too easy for him to
get hurt.

"Kevin Anderson" wrote in message .net...
The pet stores sell those "wee wee" pads for training puppies. They are
pretty large.

Our dogs would use the "wee-wee" pads. Scotch, being a decent sized
male that pee'd without squatting, would sometimes miss the pad.
However he seldom ended up in that situation - both of our dogs could
go several hours between "bio breaks". There were times we would
force him outside because he would go so long without "asking". When
the weather was bad he would look out the door and retreat as if to
say, "I can hold it until it stops raining." We would order him out
sometimes...

"Look! You've been in the house for 10 hours! That can't be healthy!
Now go OUTSIDE and pee on something!"

We dinghyed the dogs to shore four or five times a day when we were
out on the hook or something. Sounds like a lot, but over a 24 hour
period, it isn't that bad. First thing in the morning, a couple of
times during the day, and then a trip before bedtime. That doesn't
work, of course, if you are too far from shore or conditions make
going in the dinghy a little risky (under those conditions - there
wouldn't likely be people swimming around the boat so I wouldn't be
too concered about washing anything overboard).

I don't have any heartache with picking up the solid waste and putting
it down the head. I don't think dog crap has any detrimental effect
on my lectra-san. Peggy will probably pipe up now and ruin my day -
there's probably something in dog crap that will make my lectra san
run backward or something.... with my luck. :-)

If you are not willing to deal with this, don't take your dog boating.
In fact, if you are not willing to deal with cleaning up after you
dog, please don't take it anywhere. Parks, sidewalks, highway
reststops, wherever - you should be cleaning up after you dog no
matter where you take it. Why should it be any different on your
boat. Heck! we have a baby on the way. Starting in January, cleaning
up after a dog is going to seem like a pretty light chore.

We are dogless right now. We lost our 14 year old keeshond on
February, and our briard in June at 12 years. I have told my wife
that I really don't miss cleaning up the yard every other day. That
doesn't keep us from wanting another dog - but I think I will lobby
for only having one.

"Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty
without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity,
and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This praise, which
would be unmeaning Flattery, if inscribed over human ashes, is but
just a Tribute to the Memory of BOTSWAIN, a dog." – John Cam
Hobhouse



"Wildest Dream" wrote in message
. net...
where doe's the dog go to the bathroom on the boat? I had mine on board
acually my wife's dog and my daughter put him in the cabin and thank god
she
put down a towel cause he went right in the middle of the floor and
tracked
it all over the towel. I prut him in the water and washed him up and threw
out the towel. Tried him one more time and he crapped on the swim
platform,
he's getting closer to where I want it , off the boat. I hated to have to
clean that up for all the world to see, than I had the smell in the
garbage,
I would have trown it in the water put too many people around and in my
boat
were swimming in the water. He now stays home. P.S. I have fish.