Snoobydoo

Hi there, Droyslden Marina have permanent and temporary moorings, which is close to Hyde. They are run by Portland Basin in Ashton, so any enquiries should be made to them. Hope this helps!

Thank you all for your responses. We have been to the boat a few times over the last few days and nothing has changed. He is as bad as he first was. We tried to ignore him and carry on as usual but allhe did was pant, shake and constantly move about the boat. We bought him a thundershirt which we read reviews about, it's supposed to help with thunder storms, bonfire night etc and supposed to help with noise , General anxiety and travelling but it made absolutely no difference at all. I am at my wits end with it all. I haven't enjoyed one day on board so far and have been looking forward to boating for so long! I don't know what to do for the best, I got ratty with him today which is the last thing I wanted, I just want him to be happy!

That is a very good point, whilst my husband was steering the boat I was constantly telling him he was a good boy and trying to reassure him, then I kept getting stressed because he wasn't calming down which obviously he picked up on! I think I will to a certain degree try to ignore him and potter about the boat . Going to spend a few days not moving as suggested and see how we get on. Thank you so much for all your replies!

Thank you for your replies. I think you are right about the noise and the movement so will definitely spend time on the boat without the engine running. I hope he does take to it, I have been waiting to get a boat for years!

Hi there, thank you for letting me join your forum,I hope someone can please help. Our dog gets extremely anxious on the boat, he shakes and pants excessively and constantly moves about and won't settle. He calms down a lot when we aren't moving but he still can't wait to get off the boat. We sometimes have to literally drag him back on! We got our first boat last week and the excitement has been replaced with stress. He is very much loved and is a member of the family so his happines is very important to us. At the moment he has to be locked inside when we are moving because he would try to get off the boat, we are hoping he will feel more relaxed when we have some welding done to add extra bars and gates as he will be able to come in and out as he pleases. Unfortunately we can't find anyone to do this for a few weeks so any tips or advice would be gratefully received.