Ekranoplanes for short-legged dogs

Whilst watching a short-legged dog trying to keep up with their walkee, I had this idea.

SLD's are familiar with being near to the ground, and I'm pretty sure great danes would not be natural ekanoplane pilots.

I envisage SLD's herding flocks of hamsters, or other not tall animals, termites for example. And some kinds of the more peripatetic dwarf kelp.

As for the military uses, I can say no more...