[pct-l] PCT for PETS

[dae151 at psu.edu (DANIEL ALAN ERDMAN)]

You stereotyped all dogs and dog owners with ONE example.  Keep up that open
mind.

Dan

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:00:26, "WUJCIK,SCOTTIE (HP-Corvallis,ex1)" wrote:

> J.D., DON'T DO IT!!!  Twenty some years ago while out on a  backpacking trip
> in the Cascades, I happened upon another backpacker with his dog at the
> parking lot trail head.  His big black lab was the most friendly, happiest
> dog I'd ever met.  Very well behaved and trained.  We were headed for the
> same destination, we were just taking different trails to get there.  After
> we separated I figured we'd meet at the location we both had planned to hike
> to.  When they didn't show up I hiked back on the trail he was supposed to
> come up on.  I found him several miles back on the trial.  I found him only
> because I heard him crying.  His well trained lab had taken off after a
> rabbit.  The rabbit ran into a bush, the dog went over the bush, and fell
> about 20 feet to the rocky bottom of a small depression. The dog could not
> move it's tail or paws.  He was bleeding from his nose, ears and mouth.  All
> he could do was lay there and whimper.  The moment we touched him he winced
> in pain.  All this guy could do was stand there and cry.  I mentioned to him
> what he had to do.  His reply was "I can't, I just can't do that to him!"
> He looked at me and said "You do it."  I said "it's not my dog!"  He just
> sat down and cried some more.  I went over to the dog and ended his pain.
> Then I buried the dog, hiked back to my camp area, packed up my gear and
> hiked out in the dark.  Domesticated dogs do not belong out on the trail.  I
> don't care how responsibly "you" manage your dog, most people who take their
> pets out on the trail DON'T!  And save me the BS of "it won't happen to my
> dog."  
> 
> Scottie
> 3lungs
> 
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