[pct-l] dogs on the PCT

[Stephen]

Hi Mara,
Well, you'll have to do the research and see where you can either go around 
or?
As far as meeting pups along the trail, it isussually a good experience. 
I've had good and bad.  I esspecialy dislike the viscious critters that are 
obviously not OK but the owner maintains, once they come along, that the 
snarling, teeth showing, ridgid tailed beast is friendly.  At which point I 
suggest that I can be too.  That's the bad.  The good is I like those 
oocasional doggie fixes and have no problem with the average trail dog 
companions.  Lots of folks I've met hiking with thier dogs in the John Muir 
Wilderness and elsewhere.  Whether it's good backcountry etiquette kinda 
parallels the good and the bad, and if the animal bothers wildlife, that 
sort of thing.  I don't promote it, but at the same time don't tell people 
what they should do unless they have a threatening animal.  Being harrased 
or having to hear dogs bark at anything that moves in the backcountry, and 
esspecially up around timberline is bad.  Well behaved pooches that lick 
your knees is kinda cool.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mara Merritt" <maramerritt at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: [pct-l] dogs on the PCT


Hi. I'm brand new to the list, so I apologize if this is a topic that has 
been recently discussed. I am hiking the Oregon and Washington section of 
the PCT this summer and am trying to decide about bringing my dog. I know 
that technically dogs are allowed on the PCT but not in certain National 
Parks that the trail passes through. This is the best hiking dog in the 
world, who is never happier than on the trail. But I wanted to hear what 
people have to say about either hiking with dogs or interacting with dogs on 
the trail. Would you recommend bringing the dog along or not?

Thanks so much.
Mara



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