dog trips in the new england

[coolguyalex]

My vision is to have this thread be a continuing archive of my adventures with my dog, Luna.

I feel like wanting to hike and experience the great outside; just a man and his dog, is a pretty standard ambition and yet there is a startling lack of resources for such ambitions

so....hit me summitposters!

[coolguyalex]

some logistic information.

I'm from southcoast MA and the white mountains are usually my "home range" if you could really call a place 200 miles away home...

As of now Luna is used to about 2 hour hikes and has never shown any sign of fatigue in this or any other activities ...ever.... She's a 50 lbs Australian cattle dog/Lab mix. Regardless I think a relatively lower key hike might be best...for our first few, though I'd like to try an overnight-er soon if possible.

I'm a teacher so I have every weekend and a lot of the summer off...


so yeah... Has anyone hiked with their dog and had an awesome or horrific experience? any advice or stories are appreciated.

[Bark Eater]

Lots of experiences. Key learnings: Work up difficulty gradually. Endurance is one thing. Another one is wear and tear on the paw pads on rocky trails. Gradually they will toughen up. Enjoy!

[Bark Eater]

http://www.summitpost.org/a-cautionary- ... rse/584230

[Tonka]

I'm definitely outside the norm here but I'm annoyed by dogs on trails, sorry I'm not a pet guy. I've been in a number of situations where dogs are off leash in situations where they could create problems due to the terrain. I also question why, where pets are allowed, the rules seem to not apply to the dear pet owners pet.

Added:
Not trolling, I guess I'm just releasing a beef, I'm sure your dog is great and I do like animals.