{"id":1720,"date":"2018-10-04T15:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T13:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2022-12-18T19:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T17:01:14","slug":"marlon-meets-the-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/marlon-meets-the-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Meets the Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"
Position: 42\u00b005’33″N 70\u00b018’60″W<\/a><\/h6>\n

Marlon has adjusted to life afloat much better and faster than we anticipated. In spite of his confined (and often rocking and rolling) quarters, the lack of terra firma and inconsistent bouts of exercise, in so many ways he\u2019s happier than ever. Being with your people 24\/7 is doggie heaven. You\u2019re almost guaranteed to have your choice of lap anytime, at minimum your second pick if you have to settle.<\/p>\n

I think all this has made Marlon extra eager to please us, especially with the boat potty-training. He determined from day one he was not going to have an accident and so far he hasn\u2019t. To prove this he resolved not to go on the boat at all if humanly, um\u2026caninely, possible.<\/p>\n

Marlon starts to self-regulate his food and water intake after about 12 hours at sea. Even 36 hours in he continues to snub our animated encouragement to pee on his small green piece of plastic grass that we tied to the toerail on deck. Expending minimal energy, the little guy eyes us with dogged displeasure until he eventually reaches his capacity for holding \u2018it\u2019 with a loud whimper as he waits at the bottom of the companionway.<\/p>\n

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