"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
07/08/2019 at 10:10 • Filed to: None
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"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
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Lots of friends and family were involved as well. You get the dogs instead.
HammerheadFistpunch
> functionoverfashion
07/08/2019 at 10:59 |
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dogs on boat?! man that would never fly
on our boat, and my family let's their dogs go anywhere
facw
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/08/2019 at 11:17 |
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Dogs should be able to go anywhere! Though I’d want them to have life jackets on a boat.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> facw
07/08/2019 at 11:21 |
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dog hair has strict travel restrictions.
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facw
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/08/2019 at 11:23 |
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Meh get a vacuum/hose/ Xoloitzcuintli...
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functionoverfashion
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/08/2019 at 11:30 |
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They don’t shed and I can’t think of a single scratch anywhere that’s attributable to the dogs. They love the boat. Granted, they are each only about 40 lbs, which also helps their cause.
It’s funny, some of the things I allow in/on the boat would make others cringe, while my wife thinks I’m overly protective of the “new” boat. I actually vetoed orange cheetos the other day in favor of tortilla chips that I like better anyway, and she rolled her eyes at me.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> facw
07/08/2019 at 11:31 |
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meh, I’ll leave them on the beach.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> functionoverfashion
07/08/2019 at 11:34 |
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We’re notoriously hard on gear and we share the boat with 5 families so we have to be pretty on top of things we can control. All my families dogs shed and they are all neurotic. Not great on a boat. The main thing though is that some people don’t have dogs intentionally for a variety of reasons and in fairness to the family dog access is restricted in shared assets like the boat.
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functionoverfashion
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/08/2019 at 11:57 |
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That makes perfect sense. Not the same but... related - a local coffee shop used to allow dogs. There were a few regulars with super chill dogs that were 100% fine. Then a few people abused the relaxed policy and brought in dogs that were inappropriate for the space and now there are none allowed.
I can totally understand the rules being different for a shared thing like that. Thankfully I don’t have to share my boat nearly as much as I used to, when my sister was dating someone who knew the lake well; we were very liberal with each other’s boats, which was nice, but my boat got the lion’s share of abuse, mostly because I’m anal about maintenance so it always worked properly.
EngineerWithTools
> functionoverfashion
07/12/2019 at 11:02 |
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Top of the “forbidden items” list for our boat is any orange-dusted snack. In fact, orange foo d dust might be the only 100% forbidden thing.
The interior is red, black and bright white. When it’s clean it looks awesome, even for a 15 year old boat, but gets grungy SO quickly.
Unfortunately our german shepherd has to stay home as he’s a walking perimeter alarm. We go through some pretty busy channels, and lots of others have dogs on their boats. He would have fun, but it would be...loud.
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functionoverfashion
> EngineerWithTools
07/12/2019 at 11:07 |
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Ha! I haven’t strictly forbidden anything I don’t think. But orange-dusted snacks make me nervous, more because of the gray carpet than the seats.
My sister’s dog trots back and forth across the stern and stops abruptly, it makes me nervous every time both for the upholstery and for the fact that he might just not be able to stop if I’ve freshly 303'd the vinyl or waxed the gelcoated gunwales that he puts his front paws on. THEN he’d probably do damage trying not to fall in, but he’d fall in anyway... yeah. Our dogs are good. Oh and my parents’ dog sheds like a mofo. I could never have a new boat, my friends and family would hate me.