<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I just finished CDT from NM to the CT and had a close encounter with two of the large white dogs and their 2,000 sheep. It was just past Kite Lake, almost to the connection with the CT above Elk Creek. The sheep were right on the CDT and grazing around it--impossible to avoid. I gave the dogs a wide berth after they ran down the hill making a bee line for me, barking and growling. I skirted around the herd going cross country through bogs and willows. As long as the dogs couldn't see me in the willows, they didn't approach. I met the herder at the top of the ridge--he was away from the flock to look for a missing sheep. His own two sheep dogs that were with him were ordinary black and white herding dogs and very friendly. He spoke Spanish, but with my limited command of that language I explained the problem with the big white dogs. He apologized for the behavior of the big white dogs. He said he was working for a Montrose Ranch and was from Peru, name of Edgar.<br />--Fireweed<br /><br /><br /></body></html>