b'We installed a netting system around our boats lifelines toensuresafetywhileunderway;ifLoganweretoslip,hewould not fall into the water.One of the most importantpieces of safety equipment we have on board for Logan ishis crate. When the weather gets rough, we tell Logan tostow for sea and he will get in his kennel where he is safefrom any potential flying objects or at risk of being flungacross the boat and getting severely injured. Logan has beencrate trained since a puppy and it is his safe and happyplace. Whenatanchor,wepracticeman-over-boarddrillswhere we will have Logan jump in the water and we have toretrieve him from the deck of the boat. This is why it isimportant for him to wear a life jacket as we can grab thehandle with a boat hook. Underway, Logan typically wears his life jacket and heis clipped in the cockpit when the seas are rough. Loganwears an ID tag with a QR code on it. If he got lost, some-one could scan the barcode and we would be alerted to hislocation. When we are on land, we practice having peoplescan Logans collar. We want him to be comfortable with astranger restraining him and getting up close to scan his IDtag. Beating BoredomThere are weeks at sea when we dont see land, whereMatt and I are on opposite 6-hour shifts, thousands of milesfrom land with only sparse satellite phone access to home.As an active herding dog breed, we need to keep Loganmentally and physically stimulated (aka entertained) which A Place as Special as is also great for us. We play a lot of tug games, have antlerbones on board for him to chew and teach him at least one the One in Your Heartnew trick during a long transit. Due to timing and quarantine rules in Fiji, Logan wasnot allowed off the boat at all, not even to swim. So, he wason the boat for about 10 weeks. We played a lot of mentalgames, practicing commands and puzzle games, as well aslots of tug. He did extremely wellconsideringand thebiggest change we saw was he became a lot more obviousabout his boredom and would lay down with a heavy sigh. Respecting cultures and countries The South Pacific has developed a reputation for beingextremely difficult place to sail with a petand for good rea-son.Manyofthesecountriesrelyonlivestockfortheirlivelihood, so a new animal coming in poses a health risk fordisease. Many of the smaller islands do not have easy access Pets are part of our family and deserve a special to vet care, so if your pet had a highly contagious disease, itcould not only compromise their dog population, but also resting place.Thats why we created our beautiful infect their livestock.pet cemetery.With shady trees and a scenic WhensailingtodifferentcountrieswithLogan,we gazebo, it offers you the same opportunities to had to consider that people outside the United States may express your love as a human cemetery does.have different views of what a dogs role is in their commu-nity. In the U.S., we see dogs as part of our familyinother countries, they may see them as guardians, hunters oreven just nuisances.Continued on the following page g \x11\x17\x15\x10\x00#URLEW\x002OAD\x00s\x000ALM\x00(ARBOR\x00s\x00727.789.2000#URLEW(ILLS\x0eCOM\x00s\x00#URLEW(ILLS0ET#EMETERY\x0eCOMwww.TheNewBarker.com THE NEW BARKER 41'