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A Guide to Backpacking With Your Dog

A Guide to Backpacking With Your Dog

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Author: Charlene Labelle
Publisher: Alpine Publications
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
Sales Rank: 605583

Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5

ISBN: 0931866596
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.51
EAN: 9780931866593
ASIN: 0931866596

Publication Date: October 1992
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Product Description
Guide to backpacking that provides information on selecting the right pack, planning what equipment to take, determining how much weight a dog can carry, and how to handle emergency situations. Nine features of a quality dog pack Four easy steps to introduce your dog to a pack Discover the fun of geocaching Any dog can do it!


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4 out of 5 stars Backpacking With Your Dog   July 27, 2007
HK (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I didn't find this book as helpful as I hoped to. I found the information very general. I did value the suggestions regarding putting together a first aid kit for dogs as well as the information on dog foot pad care.


5 out of 5 stars Recommended for pet loving hikers   October 9, 2004
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Now in a new and significantly revised edition, A Guide To Backpacking With Your Dog by dog-owner and backpacking expert Charlene LaBell is a no-nonsense guide to the ins and outs of enjoying vigorous outdoors hiking with one's canine pets. Individual chapters address necessary training and conditioning, mountain biking, geocaching, selecting a pack that properly fits one's dog, bringing along the right amount of food for oneself and one's dog, legal and permit issues, and much more. Black-and-white photographs and easy-to-follow rule lists nicely flesh out A Guide To Backpacking With Your Dog, which is practical, "user friendly", and enthusiastically recommended for pet loving hikers with their canine companions.



5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!   May 18, 2004
Susan Conant (Newton, MA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Charlene LaBelle admirably covers such practical matters as selecting and fitting dogpacks and planning hikes, and has a special gift for instilling confidence and generating enthusiasm.


5 out of 5 stars Best Beginner Book on Backpacking with Dogs!   May 13, 2004
Margaret H. Bonham (Montana, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

If you want a great book on getting started with backpacking with dogs, look no further. Charlene has written the definitive guide to packing with dogs. Don't listen to the naysayers! This is it when it comes to choosing a pack, planning a hike, and camping with dogs. I highly recommend this book -- it's the first and the best out there.


2 out of 5 stars Not enough butter for the bread   March 13, 2003
15 out of 17 found this review helpful

This book has the basics just fine. But nothing on the more experienced side. If your trails require fording you find no help here. Tent training, protecting tent floor & inflatable sleeping mattress from dog's nails etc stuff are missing.

The best part of the book was dog's health checkup, signs of dehydration, paw hardening recipe etc.

Conclusion: If your hike lasts a day, the book is fine. If it lasts a week in the wilderness, your dogs will be in trouble unless you find some more information.

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