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The life jacket is a must. Even dogs that swim can get hypothermia and drown. The booties I would agree are a no go. My wife tried to do snow booties when she moved from Texas to Minneapolis. Both dogs hated them and chewed them off. Most dogs are picky about their feet.
Use a dremel tool with the sanding drum for nails. It's quick so long as you don't grind to far and give them a hot foot. One treat for each paw has had all of our dogs running for a nail session just by bringing out the tool. When we had 3 dogs they would fight to be first. Our youngest tries to go twice. Doing nails can be this easy! On a boat they don't get to wear them down much at all.
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Paul Blais
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