Its no secret that more and more pets owners worldwide are opting to take their pets with them on holiday, I am one of them. Every summer we hit the water for long weekends or the christmas holidays and we always take the dogs boating with us, whenever we are on the water so are the dogs and almost every second yacht or launch out there seems to have their dog/s with them too.
This presents some challenges though. Most of the gulfs islands are off limits to dogs which makes toileting a problem. Safety, making sure that the dogs have life vests on while underway which is exhausting for them in hot weather as most are a full body wrap and bulky. Boarding the boat from the water - the biggest challenge, especially with big dogs.
While there are a number of products already on the market to take care of these challenges most are substandard, there is plenty of room for major improvement - we need to think of it from a boaties point of view as well as a dog owner.
Our aim is to innovate, develop and improve on what is currently available to make life on the water for owner and dog safe, fun and easy - starting with life jackets/bouyancy vest.
We would love to collaborate with a manufacturer/designer of human life jackets, take what is good and bad from the dog world, spin it with the best of the human world and come up with a life jacket that can become a leader in the dog market worldwide.