Recent content by evgeneia

Like many other people have said, please consider rescue--whether through a shelter or breed rescue. There are so many amazing dogs that need forever homes! That said, my girl is a 2 year old Border Collie mix who LOVES hiking and is amazingly intelligent. She's at her happiest out in the...

Sure Alpine...I aim to offend as little as possible (generally speaking) :) Dugan-- we're thinking along the same lines--I was just wondering that yesterday (about the jingly tags). The tags on Lucy's collar are much louder now that we've switched to a harness for restraint (she still wears...

First Hike Prepared with all this great advice on etiquette, Luce and I hit the trail for her first hike today. We headed over to Crawford Notch for a quick jaunt up Willard. All went very well--she stayed leashed the whole time, and thoroughly enjoyed her afternoon out. Seeing groups of...

Lots of great advice--thank you! After reading everything, I'm now thinking that Lucy will be leashed for a while until we master listening when excited and wanting to say HI to other people and dogs. Hopefully she'll learn that quickly because hiking off leash (in unpopulated areas) is much...

Thanks for the feedback! Guess I should have read back further--I'd have caught that Leash Law thread. I checked it out though, and was surprised at the strength of emotion is stirred. Either way, I have a bit more to ponder before she hits the trails with me ;) Thanks!

HI-- Question about dog etiquette on the trails: My all human companion hiking days are over--I'll now happily be hiking with my very friendly young dog. This presents a whole new learning curve though, as I don't know what appropriate dog etiquette is on the trails. While I'm always happy to...

My TNF Apex soft shell jacket... Light, packs down pretty small, highly wind and water resistant, warm down to ~15 degrees--AND it was pretty affordable! Love it! :D