Photo courtesy of Nicole L. Gray

This Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever works as second mate, deckhand, and chief engineer in charge of prop-monitoring.

Photo by Terry Burrows

We wonder what’s going on here. Did the sweet sound of a can opener being operated below in the galley perk Cady the Dog’s ear? Is Smokey the Cat warming up next to the Charlie Noble? Or did they just have a sibling-style spat?

Photo by Lisa Bibko-Vanderhoop

Heaven help us, here’s Winslow, the first Boatyard Dog to come to us via Facebook. He’s on a busman’s holiday from his full-time position at the Tisbury Wharf Marina on Martha’s Vineyard.