It depends..... We have three dogs. One is a Jack Russel who loves the water and the other two are Shelties. One tolerates the water and the other panics. If you have a dinghy, that is probably the easiest route. We don't so the Jack is easy. Drop her in, she swims to shore, does her thing and swims right back out. I get on the ladder and lift her right out. The other two swim to shore and don't come back! One, once you get him back into the water will swim with you back to the boat; but, doesn't use his legs to crawl up the ladder. One of us (Me) stays in the water and pushes him up and the other pulls. The other dog is hell. You can eventually get him back in; but, it is a fight all the way back. We are investigating the doggie ladder that is advertised.
The other option is to find a dock and use that. Lance Jones Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce! Catalina 22 SN 9713 Breab Thoin! ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:39 PM Subject: Re: catalina27-talk:dogs on board OK, I know some of you have dogs on board. My wife is insisting we take ours to see if she'll enjoy(the dog), and to facilitate overnights wihtout boarding her(the dog, not my wife). Question is, what to you do when they want to "go out"? What works. Bill Gayle Gal Pentwater, Mi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's free at AOL.com.
