Do You Bushcraft With Your Dog?

[Scots_Charles_River]

Yes, collects kindling (then chews some of it) and likes canoeing.

So do you have a dog with you?
Is he carrying any gear? (a strong and healthy dog can carry very much in fact)

Nope, I carry it.

Nick

Loch Tay Canoe trip, Sept07.

A hollow he dug out for a bed.

Guarding the fire.

 

[Bernie Garland]

Yes, collects kindling (then chews some of it) and likes canoeing.

So do you have a dog with you?
Is he carrying any gear? (a strong and healthy dog can carry very much in fact)

Nope, I carry it.

Nick

Loch Tay Canoe trip, Sept07.

A hollow he dug out for a bed.

Guarding the fire.

lovely looking lab nick but can he catch any rabbits

bernie

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

lovely looking lab nick but can he catch any rabbits

bernie

He is too old now but would 'make an effort' when a puppy but he was not agile enuff.

More Puppy/Dog/Canoeing Eye Candy, on this SOTP thread.

Nick

 

[FarPoint]

I like to go solo for a couple of nights here, a couple of nights there and having my two dogs with me are great company.
Living in Canada I have to be a little careful of bears and moose at certain times of the year when off in the woods. Rather than worrying about carrying a bear bell and bear spray, I would rather bring the dogs.
They also keep critters out of the food bag.

 

[Bernie Garland]

hi have been asked to post this picture for a friend. Glyn's dog. She's a red german short haired pointer photo'd with a sapling that Glyn felled for a bit of kindling. she doesn't go anywhere without him

bernie

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[penvisser]

This is Nûk, she's 4 months old on this picture

Here she's about 9 months. She is a crossing between A Ridgeback and a Labrador.
Very loyal and very very protecting me and all my gear when out in the field and at home.
Very fond of water and mud......

best regards,

Penvisser

 

[primitiveliver]

My Dog Scotch

 

[Lodian]

Fimble comes with me everywhere i don't get a choice.
Though i normally go to a place 1 time on my own or with others then bring her along. She is a great shade of brown and in auntumn i have no hope of seeing her in the dead debris.
She is also great for hunting and at night time she is of the lead as i don't beleive in taking her into a natural enviroment which isnt really disturbed by many others and she doesnt go chasing everything.
So its great to have a little companion who enjoys it as much you do.

Lodian

 

[Dave Budd]

I recognise Saxen from Lurcher Link! Is that your other half who posts on there? Fine looking dog btw

he gets about that dog Yes that's my other half on Lurcher Link. We actually met a couple of other memeber s from there during the summer when they turned up on a course with their dogs

 

[dwardo]

I take my dog out with me about 50 percent of the time as she is still prone to running off chasing god knows what but she is getting better. If i am off to a place that is more than likely to have other dogs around i tend to avoid it if possible and i not i just have to keep a closer eye on her. She constantly wants to play chase the stick but she is getting better with that too. I think if i just keep up the training and keep taking her out she wil get better

She is a rescue dog and we have had her for about 2 years now and we recon she was abut 6 months or so when we got her, although she was under weight and a bit frazzled so who knows. She has a wonderfull nature with people and kids but is still not so good with strange dogs. Until recently she was getting a lot better with other dogs till yet another ejit who cant control their dog let their dog attack my dog (on a leed) from the other side of the field and it only ended when i stuck my boot up its ars* :aargh4: I then explained to the owner where my boot would also be going next time he let his dog off the leed, and a few other choice words involving other anatomy.

 

[In Wood]

Dwardo, Whats that in the L/H of the picture?
You got a still going on under there?
Or have you discovered and alien crash site?

Being nosey I know, but curiosity is good, heck it even kills cats.
Sorry to all the feline lovers out there.

 

[dwardo]

Dwardo, Whats that in the L/H of the picture?
You got a still going on under there?
Or have you discovered and alien crash site?

Being nosey I know, but curiosity is good, heck it even kills cats.
Sorry to all the feline lovers out there.

Its an old gas bottle converted into a log burner and with some heating duct as a chimney. It makes for bare feet and tshirt temperatures all night

A "still" though now there is an idea !

 

[Landy_Dom]

IF... I had a dog I would definately be taking him (or her) with me, but I don't, so I can't...

We had dogs when I was a kid, and I'm a big fan, but circumstances at the mo etc etc.....

one day hopefully....

Dom.

 

[Landy_Dom]

I would love to have a dog but I have two problems

1. the Mrs is scared of dogs (cat lover)
2. Both of us work and there would be no one in all day.

I can't see either position changing in the near future either.

I sympathise mate - We're in exactly the same stuation

Dom.

 

[fishfish]

when i used to do a lot of bushcraft/hiking i allways took my dog,he was a collie cross alsatian.nothing like sat next to an open fire in a wood with my mutt next to me.now i like to take my ferret and a pocket full of nets,makes for an easy meal!

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Landy Dom,

Is that a 'boot axe / NZ stomper' belay, for your dog pic in your avatar ?

Nick

 

[leantoo]

typed my first post, didnt get here, so im trying again, well i first remember when my chocolate lab pup was no bigger than a can of ruddles, and as i held him i swore he would have a life not many dogs have, and as he grew up he made lots of ''puddles'', and so the name stuck, he was great at fetching fire wood, helping to pull out a tarp or my tipi, and keeping me safe and warm at night, he loved sneeking into my sleeping bag ''and i yes ended up buying him his own,'' he was great at detecting trout while out in our canoe, and i swear he had a 6th sence when it came to trout, he loved to eat them to, i took him to mountains, forests and he camped all over england, i loved him, fed him and he in return made me laugh, kept me safe and kept my bowls clean,haha, pudds sadly was killed in a traggic accident late last year, no one was to blame , just his time was up and god took him, but im thankfull i had a few seconds with him before he died to see he was not in pain and that he loved his dad and had a good life, ''like i said he didnt suffer''..
well its painfull writing this, so ird like to say, take your dog or get one as they truley can be your best friend, there are pics of pudds on the gallery, if yourd like to see him,
i miss u m8, , i have scoobs now, hes a clever pup, and i feel a new moon rising, u can see him in gallery too, this time im never walking him near a road, sorry but once bitten twice shy, cant go threw that again,

 

[The homba]

Hi all , i take my gsd with me whenever i go fishing don't do a lot of bushcrafty things but having the dog with me always makes the trip a lot better/funner shes always up to something just wish could get her to stay out the water and stop chasing the bait when i cast.

Cheers Iain

 

[mjk123]

I've got a labrador and while he's a good companion for walking he's not got very good table manners and will eat anything within range. He's also a bit too inquisitive when it comes to sawing wood, getting his nose to within an inch or so of the blade then running off with the cut wood. And he slavers all over dry kindling. As for protection; if I was attacked by a bad man with half a biscuit spare my dog would change sides.

About the only useful bushcraft trick he can do is follow a trail.

 

[Jedadiah]

Definatley Yes! Here's Jack and Alfie, Born to 'Scraft! No strangers to woo'd and forests the length and breadth of the country, particularly Glyn-Y-Mul and the dunes of Merthyr Mawr. Fit as fiddles, cleverer than their master (not hard really) and handsome as any damned pig, and that's saying something!



Seem here at Glyn-Y-Mul, abusing a sheepskin, protecting Mistress and Junior, keeping an eye on the fire and just before they attacked John Fenna with quite ferocious lick's! My life would not be the same without them, they make me smile, inside and out. My boy's!