hiking with dogs

Notes on hiking with dogs

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Usually you must be very hopeful that you can take your dog and you go out to climb the mountain, take the dog to go out to play is also a kind of exercise for the dog, so that he has more contact with nature, and nature and strangers to contact the dog is a special experience, the more the pet dog experience, then his character will be better and smarter, but take the dog out to play should pay attention to some of it?

1, pay attention to the dog’s breed: many dogs belong to the type of home, for example, my two dogs, one of which is a poodle, the other is a shih tzu, the two of them for the outing of the response is very different, poodle is belong to the hound class, so a lot of the situation in the mountains can be adapted to, and good stamina, and the shih tzu is different, they belong to the ornamental dog, in itself is not suitable for long-distance walking or walk the mountain road types, so the I would never take him with me when I go to the mountains.

So, to take your dog out to play, must pay attention to his own breed type, between different breeds of dogs in the physical quality of the difference is very big, if you must play ornamental canine type walking long distance, then must pay attention to rest, or from the beginning to strengthen the exercise, can not be forced.

2, pay attention to training methods: many dogs in some of the more difficult places, such as the first time in the distance between the stones walking, or need to cross a small river, are more fearful, this time you must not use scolding way, and should try to encourage your dog, let him overcome fear, their own, don’t spoil him, so that he himself understands his ability to pass by himself, many times the dog is very good at taking advantage of the owner’s psychology, so that the owner will not be able to take advantage of the dog’s ability to pass by himself, many times the dog is very good at taking advantage of the owner’s psychology. Sometimes the dog is very good at taking advantage of the owner’s psychology, I used to take my VIP many times to pass through a hanging staircase between the mountains, as a result, once, a friend to see him walking cautiously afraid of the way, he carried him over, so on the way back, he again made afraid to pass through the way, looking back at my friend, looking forward to my friends can once again carry him across the bridge.

So all of us must pay attention to the way of nurturing, and if he can accomplish it, we must ask him to do it by himself instead of accommodating him.

3, ready to drink water and food: the dog outside a lot of times can drink directly from the mountain springs, do not have to worry too much, but I urge you to try to prepare him enough water, the dog in the long-distance trekking time or more need to replenish the water, in fact, he did not eat for half a day is not relevant, but the water must be ready, drinking water can be directly followed by the hand to drink, with a bowl is more wasteful, but also not convenient to carry; food In my experience, the most convenient is boiled eggs, nutrition is sufficient, and the dog also likes to eat, according to my 20 pounds of weight of the guest of honor, ready to prepare on the 4 eggs will be enough for him half a day of rations.

4, night rest: try not to take the dog to go too far to play in the mountains, if the day can go back and forth is the best, but if you stay outside, must remember to sleep with the dog on a leash. If you have activities at night, it is best to also take him with you, do not let him stay alone in an unfamiliar environment, for the dog to let him play with everyone this is also a special experience, and let the dog stay alone in the hotel is also very unsafe.

5, rain and sun: into the mountain travel often encounter showers, so it is best to give the dog with a rain clothes, in fact, the dog does not care about the rain, but was wet after the hair will make the dog easy to catch a cold, for the sake of the dog’s health, or better to be prepared.

Summer sun should pay attention to the work of heat preservation and cooling, try to avoid prolonged exposure to the sun and walking, take your time, too tired, you may want to stop and enjoy the scenery along the way.

6, clean work: play back in the mountains, many people will immediately give the dog a bath, because in nature to play a day is indeed very dirty, but advise you to let the dog is best to rest first, so they have a night off, to restore their strength, the next morning and so you also slowed down, and then give the dog a bath, blow-drying.

7, pay attention to safety: try to walk in the safe range, if encountered cliffs or walking difficult road, it is best to use the leash to lead the dog to walk, on the one hand, you can try to overcome the dog’s fear, on the other hand, maybe the leash in the moment of danger can also save the dog’s life.

The above is my experience over the years to take the dog out to climb the mountain travel, I hope to help you a little, but also hope that you and your dog can leave a good memory in nature!

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