It's an ice axe stuck in the slowy slopes of Elidir Fawr in March 2006 on a walk with my 10 year old lad (just to show the depth of the snow).
Dom.
Do You Bushcraft With Your Dog?
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It's an ice axe stuck in the slowy slopes of Elidir Fawr in March 2006 on a walk with my 10 year old lad (just to show the depth of the snow).
Dom.
I voted yes, well as much as possible.
He is a border collie so is built for long walks in the hills and is relatively good when he has to sleep in a tent. he has a brilliant nature and doesnt even chase sheep!
I wouldnt be without him.
He is a border collie so is built for long walks in the hills and is relatively good when he has to sleep in a tent. he has a brilliant nature and doesnt even chase sheep!
I wouldnt be without him.
Cheers fella. Everyone seem's to love their dog's, but it's nice when someone else say's nice things!
Handsome, fit, intelligent and affectionate, i wouldn't be without them.
i take my dog cass with me everywhere i go, i'm a dog trainer so it kinda fits, if the dog aint allowed i don't go! couple of years back we did a sponsered walk for the blue cross along the two moors way in devon, accross dartmoor and exmoor, she's a collie so took it in her stride, 120 miles, she did more like 350 tho as she's always in and out of everything! couldn't imagine being out in the wilds without her keen senses letting me know whats about!!
Wow, old thread.
I'll put in my two pence worth anyway.
I don't take my four year old Springer because he's just too mental when he's out and I have regularly walked him into the ground before because he does about three miles to my one and all at a frantic pace. So its usually quick half hour on the park for him and then the rest of the day following my nose for me.
I'll put in my two pence worth anyway.
I don't take my four year old Springer because he's just too mental when he's out and I have regularly walked him into the ground before because he does about three miles to my one and all at a frantic pace. So its usually quick half hour on the park for him and then the rest of the day following my nose for me.
If your dog gives you notice, or time to prepare. Then that is protection, at the least your protected from the element of surprise. And yeah, bushcrafting is so much better with the dog.
Quite often I'll take my hammock out when walking the dogs (3 jacks, 6 if i'm taking the mother-in-laws), pitch my hammock and just lay there while they amuse themselves. I do tend to take at least 1 on an overnighter, as to which one, depends who bugs me the most to come along.
Often take mine, but if I can't watch him I'll leave him because he's mischievous.
I've also done a longer camp with him he did well sleeping in a tent but he didn't seem like the temperature.
I've also done a longer camp with him he did well sleeping in a tent but he didn't seem like the temperature.
Winston doesn't mind a spot of bushcrafting. He's fine in a tent, not too bad under a tarp, but I tend to attach his lead then tie it to me, just in case he spots something in the night and chases after it. Although, he's a big rotty, so I should probably work out a way of attaching him to something that he's unable to drag through the forest, instead of me.
1st time we went camping I took the tent, woke up to the dog spooning me. Bit scary, but he did keep me warm.
1st time we went camping I took the tent, woke up to the dog spooning me. Bit scary, but he did keep me warm.
I'm never without my dog, though I do require him to wear rubber-soled dog slippers when he's in the tent, the groundsheet wouldn't last long otherwise.
I'd love to take my Border Terrier with me when I go to the woods but 'her-inside-the-doors' never lets me! 
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