Dog poop....

[triumphrick]

OK, moved up to a boat we can overnight in. Our JackRussel, Lucy really wants to go...so says my wife. So, when overnighting on your boat, with your pets, where do they poop? Anywhere, and just clean it up? In a Depends? Hold them over the side and have them go on command? (You'll have to teach me that one!)

So, if you go offshore with your dog, how do they go about doing their business?? Thanks, Rick

[welder]

Try a small piece of astro turf on the deck for him to go on .

[reefhunter]

Try a small piece of astro turf on the deck for him to go on .

Fine for a small dog. For the Great Pyr - a beach is better. For the cat - a litter box in the shower.

[Boz]

We used to put our Westie (about 10~15 lbs) out on the swim platform if we weren't anchored near a beach. He quickly got the idea. Except for one time when he pee'd on the platform and saw it streaming toward his feet, so he did the only logical thing (at least to his little peach-sized brain) and jumped overboard.

Fortunately he always wore his PFD (Puppy Flotation Device), and loved the water.

[Stamas32]

I tried taking a little of his poop ( from the yard, before we went to the boat) and I rubbed a little on the platform. My dog wouldn't pee on the platform, or anywhere else. So I got a dinghy and take him to shore.

Holding the dog over the side will scare him to death.