[pct-l] Hiking the trail with your dog

[CMountainDave at aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

In a message dated 3/11/04 10:17:36 PM, yogilists@hotmail.com writes:

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The dog doesn't want to hike.  It's painfully clear.  When I saw this part 

of the movie, I thought "maybe now the dog people will FINALLY get it."

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Sorry Yogi, but you are being dogmatic on this. To make a blanket statement 
that ALL dogs don't want to hike just doesn't make sense. I've seen Indian dogs 
GLADLY hike 18 miles in the blazing heat. No one forced them to. Some people 
have mentioned the Iditirod dogs
 How does one know whether horses want to hike. Or burros or mules or llamas 
or goats. 
   I don't own a dog. Some dogs are a real pain on the trail. Some aren't. 
Kind of like people. Some dogs shouldn't be on the trail because they aren't 
trail wise when it comes to coyotes and rattle snakes. Some people shouldn't be 
on the trail. I thought some people would finally "get it" when they suffered 
terrible blisters and decide that different footwear just might be the answer. 
But they don't. They just assume whatever they are suffering from is the norm 
and nothing can be done about it except toughing it out. A dog will refuse to 
hike if he has such foot ailments. Therefore I must conclude that some dogs 
are smarter than some people. They KNOW when to let it go and say enough is 
enough
   David C