Kayaking w/ dog

crazyboarder9999 · 06-04-2019, 10:02 AM

So my boxer loves to come out on the kayak with me and she also loves to swim. Does anyone have suggestions on easiest way to get her back up in the kayak from the water? Specifically looking for help while in deeper water. The kayak is not a sit on it is sit in and narrow. I have seen some things on google made for actual boats (no idea if they would actually fit) but they are pretty expensive.

bhsp8ntballer07 · 06-09-2019, 10:24 PM

My Chesapeake bay retriever Lola loves to sit on my kayak and go fishing, in between swimming off course. She has a life jacket I got at Cabelas that has a handle on top. Makes it much easier to lift her back on to a boat or kayak.

crazyboarder9999 · 06-11-2019, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bhsp8ntballer07

My Chesapeake bay retriever Lola loves to sit on my kayak and go fishing, in between swimming off course. She has a life jacket I got at Cabelas that has a handle on top. Makes it much easier to lift her back on to a boat or kayak.

That was my original thought. I can easily do it with the 40 pound Shepard but the 75 pound Boxer is much harder to do so without flipping.

Should probably also mention, the kayak is a Pelican Trailblazer. Design probably isn't the best for what I wanted to do with it but it was very affordable

bhsp8ntballer07 · 06-11-2019, 01:30 PM

No issues with my 90 lb Chessie but my Field and Stream sit on top style kayak is built to hold a little more weight. I'm a big dude, 6'5 and 330 so I made sure I bout a yak that would be more stable.

crazyboarder9999 · 06-11-2019, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bhsp8ntballer07

No issues with my 90 lb Chessie but my Field and Stream sit on top style kayak is built to hold a little more weight. I'm a big dude, 6'5 and 330 so I made sure I bout a yak that would be more stable.

Sit on top was really how I think I should have gone. The weight in the boat isn't the issue, its the weight of her and trying to lift her up over the side lol