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Vicki and I adopted a 1 year old Boykin female thru Boykin Rescue in October. She is everything we had hoped for—crate trained, housebroken, beautiful. At 30 pounds she is our first house dog. My job is to train her in obedience and calming down around new people. She gets so excited she jumps and even wets herself around our granddaughter!
I’ve trained several labs over the years to be good citizens. Savy is going to be a challenge in that regard. I had hoped to get her in the boat last fall but even now she can’t be trusted off the leash. Until she is steady in that regard I will not trust her in my boat with clients.
Once I’m back on my feet and driving after my shoulder replacement, I plan on putting her on a serious obedience plan. I want to introduce her to my boat slowly. I’ve already had her in the boat in the garage a couple of times. The 23’ Excel Storm Cat will be great for her to find space out from under foot but also plenty of room for her to find trouble. She will probably fish with Vicki and Me alone this year.
One of my labs, Kutter, became a trusted fishing partner who rarely let my boat leave the garage without being along. I hope to get Savy to that point soon. I think the main thing is to let her mature out of her current puppy stage. My labs were puppies until 2-2.5 years. Since we don’t know exactly how old Savy is, I’ll depend a lot on her letting me know when she wants to be an adult.