A powerful answer from an incredible rescue story The concerns a dog owner should consider before deciding whether to bring their dog on a hike are best illustrated with a true story: Missy the Wonderdog from August 2012. Missy was a German shepherd/Rottweiler mix weighing in at 112 pounds. Here’s what happened. Missy’s owner and […]
Backpacking and Camping with Your Dog
Pre-hike Readiness Visit the Vet: Ask some key questions before you and your dog head far into the wilds. Is your dog physically ready? For example, it is advisable to wait until a young dog’s bones are fully developed. That might be at a year of age, plus or minus several months, depending on size […]
Antifreeze Will Kill a Dog
One winter we had an incident that all dog owners should know about. One snowy morning after the garbage truck had been by our house, our dogs were outside. Emme and her Aussie buddy Alfie were licking the snow and we happened to notice. We went over to investigate and saw they were licking at […]
Dogs and Altitude Sickness
Many humans know little about altitude and the effects it can have when they come into the mountains. Even at 8000 feet in downtown Aspen, newcomers arrive, unpack and hit the bars on the first night. Then they wonder why they get headaches and pass gas like a vegetarian on an all-bean diet. Usually they […]