RedactedNarrative: On June 9, 2019 at approximately 1:00pm, Operator was operating his vessel (LA 6462 FT) upstream on the Amite River Diversion Canal at a cruising speed with his wife as a passenger as well as his dog. At this time, the dog became distracted and got loose from Operator1's grasp, causing Operator1 to divert his attention to the dog and to leave the console of the boat. 
  
  Due to this, Operator1 stated, the vessel was pushed towards a dock adjacent to the canal from the wake of another vessel. Next, Operator1's vessel struck a docked vessel which was lifted on a boat slip. This caused damage to the front starboard corner of Operator1's vessel and the lower unit of the outboard motor of the docked unmanned vessel. Impairment was not suspected to be a contributing factor. Life jackets were on the vessel but not being worn. Operator inattention appears to be the contributing factor to this incident and Operator1 was cited to be in violation of LA RS 34:851.4 - Careless Operation of a vessel.
  