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Water Safety: Boating With Your Dog: 5 Safety Tips to Keep Your Trip Fun

Once your dog becomes fearless about going into the water by itself, you can then share many marine activities together that you can equally enjoy. Before heading out into the water, it is imperative to equip yourself with some basic knowledge and abide by some safety measures to go swimming, boating, or for playing fetch.

Mentioned below are some tips to help you and your dog get the best out of your aquatic experience, by giving safety precautions due importance:

1. Remember, not every beach allows dogs. Review the ordinance to ensure whether your dog can accompany you to the beach or not. Search online to www.dogfriendly.com to obtain a list of beaches that permit pets in the United States and Canada.

2. If one of your cherished pastimes is boating and you wish to bring your dog with you, take quality time when trying to introduce him to this activity. Remember that he is accustomed to hard surfaces that are stable and immobile.

Regardless of the dimensions of your boat, let it be a small canoe or a large yacht, let him get familiar with the boat while the leash is still on. Also, let your dog?s initial couple of trips be extremely short, approximately about less than an hour or so. This will allow you to assess his comfort ability levels in spending time on moving surfaces.

3. When things get too warm, it is necessary to ensure that your dog has a shady area to relax especially when you are out on your boat on a bright sunny day. Especially during the end of summer, when the sun is scorching hot, the surface of your boat can get uncomfortably hot and without shade your dog's ears and nose may be subject to sun burns.

4. There is nothing more enjoyable than leaping out of the side of your boat, being in the middle of the ocean or lake for a good swim. If your dog follows you, be cautious of strong tides, jellyfish, and sea lice.

Your dog?s skin can be subject to extreme itching and irritation by the sea lice. Jellyfish can obviously make your pet stink. And when getting back onto the boat, ensure to rinse yourself as well as your dog with clean water.

5. Last but not least, carry your own drinking water always. Although it may appear to be better to have your dog drink from the river or lake, it is not a safe option. Lakes and ponds are slow moving waters and are often contaminated with the presence of bacteria and parasites.

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