[pct-l] Dog Help

[Andrea Dinsmore]

Interesting idea on the one link.......you can glue pieces of leather
to the dog's foot pads. Wonder if that would work for human hikers ??

PCT MOM

On 11/15/07, g l <gailpl2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mags.....both are excellent references.  And you are right of course.
>  I couldn't bear to part with my best pal.  However, it is also true that
> every time I get my backpack out he gets soooooo excited.  He's smaill, but
> he loves to hike and camp!  He has hiked as much as 12 miles a day for 2
> days in a row, in the mountains thru pouring rain both days.  And still he
> loves it.  The only time I saw him freak was when lightening struck very
> near......but I freaked too, having been struck by lightening in the
> Shenandoahs, when I did a thru on the AT!  Yikes!!
>
> Wheeew
> Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote: Though meant for the Appalachian
> Trail, the general concepts should apply for the PCT:
>
> http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.jkLXJ8MQKtH/b.795337/k.9784/Hiking_with_Dogs.htm
>
> http://www.appalachiantrail.org/atf/cf/%7BD25B4747-42A3-4302-8D48-EF35C0B0D9F1%7D/fido.pdf
>
> (Written by a veterinarian!)
>
>
> Obviously the desert hiking is another ball of wax from the AT. Most of the
> snow fields a hiker typically crossed are in NPS lands where Fido is not
> allowed, so that is one less
> physical hurdle for Fido. But a possible logistic issue for you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ps. "He would be far happier on the trail than without his master for
> several months."
>
> Or maybe it is  the reverse ;-)
>
>
>
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