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[quote=windwardde]Yes, was in that earlier thread. I have sailed regularly with our Bichon. She has a PFD and wears it well, without issue. She isn’t a fan of me pulling a hull high, but pulling it a bit out of water, she loves. She claws into the hiking strap and sticks her nose in the air. She is actually a good gage, as if I watch her, she “tells” me to bring the hull down where the speed is better, instead of the high flying “hot dogging” slower speed. She is good on tacks and gibes, and just follows my lead across the tramp. She is also smart when I’ve dumped it. A long time ago I took my Hobie 14 with a hooter out and pichpoled it. Wife and dog weren’t happy, but both stayed back away from the rigging while I struggled to right it. The oversized hooter made it a pain. Finally a waterman came along and held up the end of the mast and it popped up. Dog and wife were fine. My old lab loved going out but would claw all over the boat when I flew a hull. Loved the splashing water of the Supercat, but hated the hull pull. Lastly, my son’s husky loved to go out but also hated the hull up in the air and would race around trying to find some purchase. Weirdest dog story is about 15 years ago, I was just learning cat sailing and had pitch poled my Edelcat. I was about 100 yards offshore and struggling to right it when a good Samaritan and his lab came swimming out to assist. By this time I was resting in the water, just hanging on a hull when the Lab came up to me and used my back to climb on the hull. Had huge scratches all over my back that my wife noticed when I got ashore. My wife watched me out on the water closer after that.[/quote]

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