Once school is out and it gets a bit warmer we have planned a camping trip to Tettegouche State Park with Aspen. We love hiking around and incidentally so does he. What would a hiking trip be without a pack to carry poop bags, water, treats.... Here is Aspen sporting his new Palisades Pack from REI. It has two water blatters and plenty of space for the rest of his stuff. One of my berner friends from the club also has this pack for one of her berners. She said it's good :-) She was also kind enough to send me some info on hiking with your dog and I thought I'd share a bit. When you get your pack you need to let your dog get use to it. Don't let the first time you put the pack on your dog be the hiking trip. Make sure that the pack fits snug but not too snug. Also any bit of weight needs to be built up to. We will start training once the weather gets decent around herd. Might I add isn't he cute???
We are going the we 13th, 14th and 15th of May. This will be Aspen's very first camping trip. We tried to go last year but it was just too warm out. That is certainly something to keep in mind when out and about in the summer... they don't do well in extreme heat. May should be just right though... with cool nights. He is going to be sleeping in the tent with us so wish us luck and check back for more photos of our trip!!
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