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| Had to put down my 9 year old Golden Retriever last week - ruptured spleen/spleen cancer. What great boat dog he was. Would be pretty fired up when we first set out but after 10 minutes you wouldn't know he was even there. Until you caught a muskie, then he wanted to lick it endlessly. We had a few issues when he was a pup, like when he chewed the bottom out of my brand new frabill on Lake Vermillion or when he got a jackpot stuck in his side (no barbs) on the Turtle Flambeau.
I love Goldens, but not the hair. I know most dogs shed, but Wrigs shed excessively. I know a Lab would be a good option. But does anyone else have a recommendation? Good family dog for the kids, shed at a lower level, and a good boat companion? Would prefer medium to large dog. Thank you. |
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| A year and a half ago I searched all of the shelters in a 200 mile radius and found lots of options. Ended up getting a retriever mix pup from a shelter in Phillips, WI. She was taken from a kill shelter in Arkansas and was in Phillips less than a week before we adopted her. She is a perfect medium size (35 lbs), loves the boat and water and anyone she meets.
IMO, Mutts are the best dogs anyways!
Edit: This is the only picture I have on my work computer with her in it. She still a pup here but you can see she doesn't even take much interest in the fish.
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| I love my boxer's, they have such a personality. They fish with me quite a bit and are very loyal/protective of family, especially kids. They probably aren't the best option for a fishing dog but I love them and will most likely never consider another breed.....those goofballs! |
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| Labrador retriever. they are a boat dog. secret is introduce him to the boat when he,s a pup. |
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| Been thinking about getting a Red Setter... Figure any dog can be a good boat dog as long as you train them in early enough. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Had Labs for years until I had a Golden pup given to me. Then I had Goldens from then on. They do not live long enough and they are such a close member of the family the last one ripped my heart out. I was done with dogs! Then about four years later my son and his girl show up with a long haired Dachshund. It wasn't a puppy any more and they had to get rid of it because of housing issue. I was amazed how she took to the boat and fishing. Unlike all my Goldens the Dachs stays in the boat and doesn't just decide to dive in and swim around for a while. Stay s out of the way fires up when fish are in the bag. Drops three little turds and is good to go for the day! When she goes I'm making a bucktail out of her tail hair. |
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| I love Brittanys train & exersize them and you can't ask for a better family pet. Hunting/Fishing buddy long as they are with you they are happy. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Vizsla's for me... Smaller short haired hunting dog... |
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Location: somewhere! | vizsla's,train them early on!! great dogs
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Sorry for your loss.
I've had a Labradoodle (Lab/Poodle mix) for eight years now and she is terrific in the boat. Like any high energy dog I get her the exercise that she needs and she is very content and well behaved in the boat. Plus...she doesn't shed much. That's her over there in my avatar. It's great to have a dog along when fishing... good luck in your search. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Border Collie/ Great Pyrenees mix! The smartest dog you will ever come across and a loyal boat companion.
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Location: Grand Forks ND | Stick with the Golden. They are the nicest dog around. Labs shed a lot as well, it's just the hair is so fine it's not as noticeable, but it also is like a needle and really sticks onto stuff. Plus labs are oily and smell a lot more, especially when wet. |
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| BillSelf - 12/26/2013 10:57 PM
Had to put down my 9 year old Golden Retriever last week - ruptured spleen/spleen cancer. What great boat dog he was. Would be pretty fired up when we first set out but after 10 minutes you wouldn't know he was even there. Until you caught a muskie, then he wanted to lick it endlessly. We had a few issues when he was a pup, like when he chewed the bottom out of my brand new frabill on Lake Vermillion or when he got a jackpot stuck in his side (no barbs) on the Turtle Flambeau.
I love Goldens, but not the hair. I know most dogs shed, but Wrigs shed excessively. I know a Lab would be a good option. But does anyone else have a recommendation? Good family dog for the kids, shed at a lower level, and a good boat companion? Would prefer medium to large dog. Thank you.
Sorry to hear you had tp put down your Golden. Tough times I am sure. I have hard both Goldens and Yellow labs (yellow labs shed alot to just not as long of hair stands) Our current 7 year old Lab loves the boat and knows when he see the rods come up hes gone fihsing. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Just got him. Named him Rudy.
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| my labs soooo good he helps me practice in canadien winter months.
I throw a traing dummy attached to a10ft dipsey rod 100lb p/pro....
hard on drag systems but good fun...maybe im a redneck.
any dog guys,there never mad when ya stay late and never whine when ya buy new tackle |
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| I would say DO NOT get a white dog unless its a poodle. White dogs shed like crazy. |
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Location: Erie, PA | Sorry about your loss. Take a look at an airedale. They do not shed if clippered every two months. Minimal shedding if not regularly trimmed. Great with kids & the boat.
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| Sorry for your loss!
I had a 100 pound yellow lab. He went on every fishing trip, with me.
He was awesome in the boat. He died at 13 years old. What a loss!!!!
I have some of his ashes, in a wooden "fish god", that's always in my boat!
It took seven years before we got another dog. It's my wife's dog. She said it would keep her company, when I fish, everyday.
She got a Mini Golden Doodle. It's a cross between a minature poodle, and a golden doodle. He weighs fifty pounds. He is the smartest dog I've ever seen. He is calm as a cat. He swims every day, for at least an hour. He doesn't shed, which is awesome!!
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| So sorry to here of your loss of your dog. I never took my German Shepherds out on the boat before then got ripped off by some punks while I walked back to get my truck to pull the boat out, now I take my little female Shepherd along and she is great with people, however very protective of my property. I let het at the boat and NO one will rip me off as long as she is in the boat. I'm researching a breed called a Tamaskan 1/3 German Shepherd, 1/3 Alaskan Malamute, and 1/3 Siberian Husky, 16-20 year life expectancy. Mixed breeds seem healthier and generally live longer under correct conditions and care. |
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| Loss of our best friend is always so tough--I had to put my 2 labs down last year 6 months apart----Just about killed me---I still have a LAB HUSKY Mix to keep me company. I think it may be my last dog though as I am still hurting over the loss---But maybe time will make want another---but I have had Labs and Goldens most of my life---Just the best friends you can get. I know they shed but its worth it--they are just so well behaved and easy going---and they love the outdoors so much that it always put a smile on my face to take them with me. |
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Location: Minnesota | I like all dogs I have a Large Munsterlander .great dog good a round the house and in the boat. But you have to be a hunter to get one .there are not a lot of these dogs so the breeders will only sell to hunters. there very good bird dogs ducks grouse if it flies they will retrieve it.
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Location: Aurora | Been thinking about getting a Red Setter... Figure any dog can be a good boat dog as long as you train them in early enough.
Love setters but I've found the Irish ones to be a little high strung (i.e. pensive yet suicidal). English are the exact opposite and the tri-coloured ones are great for birding. A little thin in the skin for late season temps but sparsely haired and solid boat buddies.
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| Cheasapeake bay retriever. Born for the boats and will retrieve anything in any weather. Looks like a really big lab but much, much smarter. Not for everyone but one impressive breed. |
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Location: Knot on the WATER | Bill
Now how you feel, sorry about your companion loss. 9 is somewhat young.
We also have had Goldens for years till we lost our last about a year ago, one great family dog.
I now everyone has there likings on there pets, but we found as a boat companion, a unbelievable dog is our Dauchound Charlie, actually we feel like he is a good luck charm to some degree, we even fish the PMTT with him on many Tournaments, as soon as he hears the grunt or sound of a fish on, hes like lightning out of his sleeping pillow case, all hands on deck, waiting the first glimpse of the fish till the realease, like he almost caught it himself. Small, fun going dog they are and they love the boat, and able to hold there bathroom duties for tremondous lengths of time.
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Location: Otsego, MN | Wouldn't imagine a trip out without my lab...
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Location: Contrarian Island | even tho they do shed a lot imo there is no better dog than retrievers, I've had Labradors and now have a Golden... she is the mellowest boat dog around and never gets in the way, unless she is sleeping in the net which she likes to do a lot...
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| Howdy,
So sorry for your loss. my chocolate lab, Sadie, died on thanksgiving. I had her for 13 years and loved her with all my heart. She was a fantastic boat dog and loved watching for follows. She was a machine for the first hour or so and then would relax until the action started. Once you set the hook she barked from hook set to release and always wanted a lick of slime.
While you can't go wrong with any dog a lab will always get my vote. For what its worth she was always inside and was never oily or smelly. When she was wet she smelled like any other dog.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Sorry for your loss. Breaks my heart just hearing about it. Sorry; dogs all my life, so I've been there a few times. I'm a lab guy, so that'd be my answer. I guess if you're asking for advice, and you're still shopping around, I'd tend toward a retriever of some sort. Their temperament, size and ability to learn and adapt are second to none. But they do shed and I just take it as part of it. Boxers are great dogs in almost every aspect, but I've seen two of them not do well in boats. I like having a dog I can throw in the water if they get hot, or one that can get into cold water and swim ashore to drop a deuce and get back in the boat, so having a hearty water dog I think is a big bonus.
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| Sorry to hear of your loss. It is hard to believe how attached we get to them. We have had boxers since my daughter was very young. Great dogs with kids. Short lived dogs is their only flaw. We now have a Cane Corso, Italian Mastiff, 95lbs. She is good with the grandkids and up for anything outside. She won't get much boat time as my wife feels safer when "Cookie" is home with her when I am fishing. Guess we better get anothe one. |
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| losing your boat dog is always hard, I had to put down my bull terrier " stella " a few yrs back. that was hard on all of us, she lived in my boat.
we now have a boston terrier, gus, who went blind at 2 and reinvented himself, now thinks he's a big dog with attitude, swims , runs, does everything a reg dog does . if I don't bring him in the boat he'll lie on the dock waiting for me, again with attitude.
a boston is a highly obedient dog, no leech required, med exercise, very intelligent.
there is nothing like a good boat dog.
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| Couple from my Lund. I need to get some pics in the 1860...
Go big or go home... Pic 1... English Mastiff.
the First Mate. Pic 2. Basset Hound
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| Sorry to hear about your dog. I've been there... it's never easy. But, you gave him a lotta love and a good healthy home. I can only assume you KNEW he was happy. Sucks that they don't live as long as we do...
Grew up with Goldens. When I was on my own I got my first Lab. Wouldn't have anything else. Every one I've had was smarter than a whip. Don't believe the naysayers. My first two made it 13 years each and had to be put down 1 1/2 years apart. We waited about a year and a half for our 3rd, Rooster now 7 years old. In may I happened to see a picture of a blind yellow Lab, at the shelter, in the local paper. Something just said it was right. We picked him, Tucker, up a couple weeks later and couldn't be happier. Found out Tucker's birthday is 15 days before Rooster's. Hair, although I hate it, is just part of the package.
Mine have all been inside dogs and we haven't had any "stink" problems... except for the occasional air biscuit. Was very happy a couple weeks ago when a good friend was over and said that our house was the only "dog" house he's been to that didn't smell like dog. And that's with 180 pounds of lab in the house.
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| Tucker on the left and Rooster on the right.
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| Sorry to hear of your loss, we have a Mountain Cur cross now and always had Chesies in the past. |
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Location: Madison, WI | My best buddy Charlie! Hes a 2 year old Brittany spaniel and a little hyper indoors but great in the boat!
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| I love all the great stories and pictures of all the boat partners!!! they are a huge part of our lives. I lost my great gal, a black lab named Bogie last year and often think about her. At least she was able to spend her final years up in Oneida County living the northwoods life. |
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Location: S.W. WI | "Ollie"
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Location: Chisholm, MN | My dog Sydney (border collie) actually hates fishing, but loves boat rides. She only get to go walleye fishing though.
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| Bryant, Loves the boat only got into trouble once!
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| Going to look at a fresh batch of boxer pups today. Not sure where my wife came up with the idea we need another dog. Heck, life is too short. |
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| Corso Mike I have four dogs and wouldn't be without a one of them ! Life is too short and especially for them. They bring alot of enjoyment, love and good company for us. Living pretty much off grid when I'm gone they are good protection also for my family. Puppies are hard to not bring home  |
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