[Cdt-l] Fwd: Starting my CDT adventure with my dog, on Saturday (err, later today!)

[Josie]

Thank you Jonathan--
You hit the nail on the head-- my 72 lb border collie is one of the ones who does fine, no, he does great.  That said, Joel, do pay attention to how your dog does--especially on some of the (dirt) road walking--it can be really brutal on the dog’s feet. 
Jo 
(www.postholer.com/jo)

Key word there is "most"... some dogs can do fine on a thru-hike, are 
well-behaved, have a good time, and no real health problems. It totally 
depends on the dog (and very much on the human companion's judgement). 
Hopefully Barley will do great out there - good luck!

-Jonathan

On 6/30/2012 9:26 AM, ron guay wrote:
>
> Good luck Joel.  Don't be afraid to send the dog home after a few 
> days.  This is your nut to crack and most animals/humans should not be 
> thru hiking the CDT.
>
> All the best,
>
> Blister
> AT - 2006
> PCT - 2011
>
> On Jun 30, 2012 1:35 AM, "Joel Gat" <carguy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:carguy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     Thanks for all the information I've gleaned reading here.  I'm
>     starting a little later than I wanted to be, but my dog and I will be
>     on the trail in about twelve hours :)  We're heading southbound
>     starting at the trailhead near Marias Pass (between the N.P. not
>     allowing dogs, an emergency surgery for the dog last week, and not
>     wanting to roadwalk Hwy 2 right at the start of the trip... ahh
>     well...)
>
>     If you want to follow me, I'll be (a) sending up blog posts whenever I
>     have signal, (b) tweeting daily updates by satellite, and (c) having
>     my satellite messenger give out my position every 30 minutes (there's
>     a link and you can see my position every 30 minutes while walking,
>     turned off when I sleep).
>
>     Should be fun!
>
>     http://GoodLivinOnTap.com
>
>     Joel
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