Planning to camp at the Hermit Lake shelter this summer and Im looking for info regarding dogs. If I stay in a tent on a platform, can I bring my dog if I have a tent for him or have him sleep in my tent?
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Planning to camp at the Hermit Lake shelter this summer and Im looking for info regarding dogs. If I stay in a tent on a platform, can I bring my dog if I have a tent for him or have him sleep in my tent?
Hermit lake is one of the most popular shelters, but I don't think that the rules would be any different. Just tie up the dog, and you should be fine with it on the platform.
The rules for Hermit Lake Shelters state no dogs overnight. Check this link:
http://www.tuckerman.org/camping/camping.htm
KDT
I stand corrected...Quote:
Originally Posted by KD Talbot
I like dogs, hell I even have an australian sheppard (too clever for her own stinkin' good), but can you imagine if every person brought a dog to an overnite? :D
After experiencing/meeting many dogs while hiking the AT, I still can't accept how any owner would put their dog through such a painful experience?
Big E
Are these dog walking the whole trail with the owners?? I have seen some dogs at the summit in weather (late October) that I thought was way to cold. It looked to me that the dogs were to cold to sit.
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Originally Posted by BigE
Oh boy, here we go! :mad:
KDT
that chiwawa looked mad too.:D
OK. Wolves and coyotes, true that they spend most of their lives lazing on the sofa being force fed bon-bons. They don't spend most of there lives trotting around on their 4 legs. I'm just guessing that they might put on a lot more miles in their lifetime in a lot worse weather than a summer trip along the AT.
That chihuahua has the exact same DNA as those wolves and coyotes.
Now, should someone have brought a dog that is probably a house pet that has been bred to have short hair to the summit of MW in late October? NOT FOR ME TO JUDGE! My guess is the owner learned from his experience and the dog will not see the summit of MW again.
The dog probably rode up in a car. If not it was probably carried to the summit by it's owners. I've seen this many times before.
Some people like dogs, some people don't. Everybody's different. Like people, all dogs are different. Some belong on the trail, some don't.
This thread could go on forever about the pros and cons of hiking with dogs, but this really isn't the forum for it. The subject has been beaten to death on other hiking forums. Let it rest in peace. To each his own.
I often hike along sections of the AT through the White Mountains of NH and have often seen people along it who most experienced hikers would consider being improperly dressed or have improper footwear or who otherwise are ill prepared. They are walking along with a bottle of Poland Springs in their hand and when the bottle is empty it winds up in the woods. Do these people not belong there? NOT FOR ME TO JUDGE! Hopefully their experience will educate them to be more prepared in the future.
KDT