Dogs Welcome
"In life it's not where you go - but who you travel with"
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It's not unusual to see dogs on boats, and they've been boaters' companions for many years. The boat families, and the women particularly, valued dogs for their company. Steering a butty, separated by a hundred feet of tow rope behind the engine boat, meant long, lonely hours on the tiller, and one can see in the faces of women – dressed in bonnets, aprons, skirts and petticoats – how much the pooch beside them was appreciated as company. Especially when one remembers that keeping a dog on a boat came at a real cost in feeding it from the families own short rations, and giving it room when there was already so little space.
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For that reason most working boat dogs were small to medium sized. Most shown in the photos from late 19th and early 20th centuries look like mongrels. They were dogs that weren’t going to eat too much, that were tough enough to put up with bad weather, smart enough not to get lost or left behind when ashore and compact enough to fit into a gap in the cargo, or under a tarpaulin or squeezed into some other improvised shelter.
We love the images of dogs and boaters from the canal and river trust archives and you can view more of them in the article here:
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DOGS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STAY
Well behaved dogs are very welcome.
We require a £150 damage deposit payable at time of final holiday instalment. This will be refunded after your holiday stay once the accommodation has been fully inspected and found to have incurred no damage.
We will provide dog lifejackets as standard, we can provide dog beds and food bowls, please request these at the time of booking. Dog breeds listed in the UKs Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, are not permitted to stay. We accept two small to medium size dogs as a maximum and have the following expectation of you/them during the stay:
• you should clear up after your dogs
• you should dispose of your dog waste in the dog waste bins provided along the canal, not in the bins on board the Silver Ann 2.
• dogs should never be able to cause damage to the accommodation for example by being left alone in the boat or unsupervised.
• dogs must be under sufficient control to never pose a risk to people or wildlife
• dogs must be kept on a short lead whilst in Mercia Marina.
• dogs should stay off the bed.
• dogs should stay off the seats unless covered by the dog blankets provided.
• dogs should stay off the kitchen work tops.
• dogs should not be showered in the Silver Ann 2 shower.
• you will need to provide your own dog towels
• If we consider your pet to be causing a nuisance, harm or threat to anyone or anything, or to be likely to do so, we may ask you to remove your pet from our location (without refund or compensation)
For the protection of your dog, additionally, we request:
• they must be micro-chipped (as required by law)
• they have had current annual vaccination for distemper, canine hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus
• you are aware of the correct dog care when in a country side environment, such as checking for ticks and any canine illnesses that may naturally occurring around the UK.
Well behaved dogs are very welcome.
We require a £150 damage deposit payable at time of final holiday instalment. This will be refunded after your holiday stay once the accommodation has been fully inspected and found to have incurred no damage.
We will provide dog lifejackets as standard, we can provide dog beds and food bowls, please request these at the time of booking. Dog breeds listed in the UKs Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, are not permitted to stay. We accept two small to medium size dogs as a maximum and have the following expectation of you/them during the stay:
• you should clear up after your dogs
• you should dispose of your dog waste in the dog waste bins provided along the canal, not in the bins on board the Silver Ann 2.
• dogs should never be able to cause damage to the accommodation for example by being left alone in the boat or unsupervised.
• dogs must be under sufficient control to never pose a risk to people or wildlife
• dogs must be kept on a short lead whilst in Mercia Marina.
• dogs should stay off the bed.
• dogs should stay off the seats unless covered by the dog blankets provided.
• dogs should stay off the kitchen work tops.
• dogs should not be showered in the Silver Ann 2 shower.
• you will need to provide your own dog towels
• If we consider your pet to be causing a nuisance, harm or threat to anyone or anything, or to be likely to do so, we may ask you to remove your pet from our location (without refund or compensation)
For the protection of your dog, additionally, we request:
• they must be micro-chipped (as required by law)
• they have had current annual vaccination for distemper, canine hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus
• you are aware of the correct dog care when in a country side environment, such as checking for ticks and any canine illnesses that may naturally occurring around the UK.
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