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How To Keep Your Pet Safe On Board

Here are some great tips about how to keep your pets safe on board this summer from MarineMax: You pets can’t regulate their body temperature as wel as we can, so it’s important to make sure pets stay hydrated and don’t overheat. Keep fresh drinking water available and a shady spot for them to get out of the sun if they need to. Keep decks cool. A hot deck can damage your pet’s paw pads, so make sure there is a temperature-regulated surface available. Even just hosing down the deck can save sensitive paws. If it is too  hot for…

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Liveaboard Owner Saves His Two Bulldogs from Burning Boat

Mike Babbitt, a retired police detective, saved his two bulldogs after his motoryacht caught fire when he was moving it to the fuel dock at the Bremerton (Washington) Yacht Club. His fast thinking saved the dogs, Pearl, who weighs 60 pounds, and Hootie, who weighs 70; it also saved other boats from becoming involved in the fire themselves. About 3 on a recent calm afternoon, Babbitt, who lived aboard his yacht Doctor’s Orders with his wife Jamie, took it out of its slip to get some fuel. Then he saw flames coming from the engine room. Babbitt maneuvered the boat away…

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Lucy, Meet Gus. Dog and Dolphin Become Friends on Fishing Boat off Captiva Island, Florida. Great Video

Lucy, the dog, and Gus, the dolphin, seem to become new best friends forever in this video taken from a charter fishing boat off Captiva Island, Florida. Lucy, a Rottweiler-Husky mix, has been going out on her owner’s fishing boat since she was six months old. Cliff Gilchrist, her owner, works for Captiva Island Fishing Charters, and he goes out five days a week. He named the friendly dolphin Gus. In this video, taken by Eileen McGunagle, a charter customer, Lucy and Gus are clearly having fun together. Gilchrist told the Naples Daily News that Lucy likes to go fishing with…