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Hiking With Dogs

Trail dogs, hiking gear, safety

planning first 3 day backpacking trip in the whites in september with our 7 year old lab and almost every "hike with your dog" article online reads like it was written by someone who has never actually carried a tent, looking for real perspective from anyone who has done overnights with a dog this age

Quick context. Cooper is our 7 year old black lab, 72lb, no joint issues on his last orthopedic check in march, generally fit, walks 3 to 5 miles every day rain or shine, and we do 6 to 9 mile day...

Posted by beagle_senior_life_56•
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closing the loop on my first full backcountry season with our young aussie and writing down the conditioning arc and the trip planning learnings because the published trail dog material reads like a gear list and underweights the piece that actually determined whether each trip worked, which was the slow build of cardiovascular base and trail miles across the spring rather than anything we bought

Pippin is five and this was the first season i finally pushed our trip ambitions into the range i had wanted since we got him at ten weeks. we did two overnights, four long day trips with elevation...

Posted by aussie_backcountry_pnw•
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four years of building our husky cattle dog mix into an actual backcountry partner and looking back at the developmental arc rather than the trip log, want to write down what the trail dog project actually looked like across years because the published material focuses on the gear and the locations and underweights the conditioning curve and the relationship work that determines whether the dog can really do this

Ruth is a four and a half year old husky cattle dog mix we got at eight weeks from a rescue that had pulled a litter from a rural shelter. She was always going to be a high drive outdoor dog by...

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Hiking 14ers with my dog - lessons learned

Took my 3 year old aussie on her first 14er last weekend (Mt. Bierstadt in Colorado). Some lessons from the experience: 1. Bring way more water than you think you need. She drank almost 2 liters.2....

Posted by pupemma•
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Good dog hiking boots recommendations

Taking my dog on more rocky trails and her paws are getting beat up. Want to try boots but so many options out there. What brands actually stay on and work well?

Posted by snoot_lisa_1•
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