there will be dogs!

**mweinstone** · 10-31-2006, 08:32

yes but how many? i dont have one cause im in the sucky city. i love your trail dog. how many will i get to pet and walk with and clean my pot and be kept free of bear and mouse by? are you bringing a dog to thruhike in 07? who, what, when, shuttle plans for the smokeys?leash? whats in his or her pack?

**Grampie** · 10-31-2006, 10:02

Dogs don't belong on the trail with thru-hikers..I have plenty of reasons..just ask.

**Lone Wolf** · 10-31-2006, 10:03

Ok. I'll bite. Pun intended.

**Gaiter** · 10-31-2006, 10:23

Originally Posted by mweinstone

yes but how many? i dont have one cause im in the sucky city. i love your trail dog. how many will i get to pet and walk with and clean my pot and be kept free of bear and mouse by? are you bringing a dog to thruhike in 07? who, what, when, shuttle plans for the smokeys?leash? whats in his or her pack?

This thread is just going to spawn a whole chain of anti-dog on the trail posts.
If i can save up, i'm hoping to spend anther month sectioning this summer, with my well-behaved trail dog (lil'red can varify that). She hiked w/ me for a month this past summer, looking back I will never take her on a trail for longer than one month and a month is pushing it. Its very hard on her and once she got off, I had lost my best friend and constant companion, making every step twice as hard. I think Trail Yeti went through the same thing after his dog became injured.

But yes dogs are great for cleaning pots, keeping mice away, but mostly companionship, I like to think Coco kept me sane this summer, that first month of getting into shape really kicked my a**, mentaly and physically.

**Chris_Asheville** · 10-31-2006, 10:34

I love hiking with my dog, I can't imagine doing it without. However, it's really bad for the dogs to hike something like the AT. Their little dog appendages can't take the beating, especially over 200 days.
The Smokys should allow dogs. It drives me nuts that they don't. I bring mine everytime and he is very well behaved and provides a nice bark if ever needed to keep the bears away...Enjoy the dog, leave him/her home on the long journey.

**Lone Wolf** · 10-31-2006, 10:35

Wow! Cool! The very first dog thread on Whiteblaze. What a great topic!

**waterboy99** · 10-31-2006, 12:18

Wolf, How will you get around all of the varioius state regs about carrying a gun in each state. Also, what about any Federal or State Parks ?.

**Lone Wolf** · 10-31-2006, 12:31

I don't carry a gun on the trail. If I did I certainly wouldn't announce it. I'm just messing with mweinstone. There are laws against drugs but lots of hikers carry drugs.

**saimyoji** · 10-31-2006, 12:33

Anti-dog post.

**Blissful** · 10-31-2006, 12:33

How about woofing this to the dog forum?

**waterboy99** · 10-31-2006, 13:45

Wolf, I know that your are kidding about the whole thing, just kidding back.

**Lone Wolf** · 10-31-2006, 14:09

Originally Posted by waterboy99

Wolf, I know that your are kidding about the whole thing, just kidding back.

Oh. OK. Didn't see any smileys.

**StarLyte** · 10-31-2006, 14:16

Originally Posted by L. Wolf

Wow! Cool! The very first dog thread on Whiteblaze. What a great topic!

Oh yeah.......a doggie thread.....yelpeeeee.....where's Alligator??

**StillPond** · 10-31-2006, 14:17

the whole reason my 01 hike was cut short was because of my rough collie.
we turned around in ny because his solar dermititas was going crazy. in rout back home he got some type of yeast infection that made him lose the pads on his paws. it was horrible and very scary.

we finished up in 04, the pup stayed home.

so i would say taking a dog with is a bad idea, unless it is completely conditioned and very diciplined with voic command....

much love to all

**mweinstone** · 10-31-2006, 17:52

weird.....no good dog posts.

changeing thread tittle to " who hates dogs and what do you want to do with them"

**StillPond** · 10-31-2006, 18:00

Originally Posted by mweinstone

weird.....no good dog posts.

changeing thread tittle to " who hates dogs and what do you want to do with them"

lol

i will say i saw alot more wildlife then my fellow hikers, everytime my dogs head would jump up, mine would too. he didnt like the mt. goats in pearisberg though.....heh...heh

much love to all

**Phreak** · 10-31-2006, 19:27

Originally Posted by Grampie

Dogs don't belong on the trail with thru-hikers..I have plenty of reasons..just ask.

Please enlighten me.

**Grampie** · 11-01-2006, 09:07

[QUOTE=StillPond;263910]the whole reason my 01 hike was cut short was because of my rough collie.

Well, That's one reason. Not to bring an animal on a thru-hike.

**general** · 11-01-2006, 19:10

Originally Posted by L. Wolf

i'm bringin a sidearm to shoot the mutts.

my dog carries a gun. i bit him once and he figured if i ever did it again, he'd just shoot me.

**general** · 11-01-2006, 19:12

Originally Posted by mweinstone

clean my pot

i hate it when my dog gets my pot. damn dopehead.

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