my wife and i have 2 beagles, zeb 4 1/2 male and chloe 1 1/2 female. they push and shove each other fighting for the bow spot, chloe likes to look over the side, one time too much and she went swimming but she was tied to the oarlock so we just reeled her in. 15 min later she was doing it again. pups never learn.. joni bought her a lifejacket for christmas. when we get a fish in the boat they just look at it. they know they get the skins off the bbq, sometimes they just stare at it licking their chops. dogs are so funny like that. kb