A Guide To Backpacking With Your Dog - Softcover

Labelle, Charlene G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577790634 ISBN 13: 9781577790631

Publisher: Alpine Pubns Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Guide to backpacking with dogs that provides information on selecting the right pack, determining how much weight a dog can carry, teaching your dog to carry the pack, and conditioning for longer trips. What to take on longer trips. Awards and certifications for dogs that backpack. How to enjoy any size dog on the trail. Nine features of a quality dog pack. Lots more. You'll enjoy your hikes more, carry less, and become more observant by taking a canine companion with you! This book is all about safety for your dog, too, so you won't have to worry about overloading, overheating, causing sore muscles or torn ligaments because you did too much to fast or the wrong way.
So, if you think there's nothing to throwing a backpack on your dog and hitting the trail, you might want to check this out. You'll have a much more enjoyable trip if you prepare first and understand your dog's capabilities and limitations.

About this title

About the Author

LaBelle is an experienced backpacker, dog trainer, and member of the Northern California Alaskan Malamute Association. She has taken numerous overnight and longer trips, goes geocaching with her dogs, and has put working pack dog titles on several of her Malamutes.

From the Inside Flap

"There is just one experience more enjoyable than hiking or backpacking, and that is to share the adventure with companions who derive similar pleasure, And if you are a dog owner well, need we say more,,, a concise, yet comprehensive guide which comers nearly every contingency " (Colorado Libraries)

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpine Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577790634
• ISBN 13: 9781577790631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 120