SAR dog sling or harness help!!!! - Page 2

Mrs.K · 10-12-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Goose

WOW..

This set-up is ideal for carrying!!

Absolutely. Especially if a dog got hurt in the middle of the boonies and you have to carry him out. It's so much easier to do that on your back, since the back can support most of the weight anyhow. If the dogs are used to that, it's a wonderful thing to carry with you, that's for sure, especially when you go climbing anyhow.

Goose · 10-12-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs.K

Absolutely. Especially if a dog got hurt in the middle of the boonies and you have to carry him out. It's so much easier to do that on your back, since the back can support most of the weight anyhow. If the dogs are used to that, it's a wonderful thing to carry with you, that's for sure, especially when you go climbing anyhow.

Very true. I work with him on being carried and picked up by me. His natural instinct is to fight it, but he has been doing very well. He's young, but learning.

Goose · 10-12-2011, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gagsd

I paid over $200 for a basic Northface backpack for me... so I figured $300 for the dog is high, but now awful.
I do not have this pack, but have had "hands on" other equipment from the Canis Callidus shop, and a friend met her at a trial last weekend. They seem to have very nice, quality, equipment (if expensive).

Yeah, good point. My packs aren't cheap either.

Catu · 10-12-2011, 01:02 PM

This is the one I like the most. I'll ask about the model and brand. the best part of it is how light it is and how you keep it a small tubular bag of the size of a 1 liter bottle.

Goose · 10-12-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Catu

This is the one I like the most. I'll ask about the model and brand. the best part of it is how light it is and how you keep it a small tubular bag of the size of a 1 liter bottle.

Thanks, let me know!!!

JustDSM · 10-13-2011, 02:03 PM

I'm very glad you posted this.. I was searching for answers to this very question. I too do a lot of back country stuff with my GSD along side. Some of the class 3 climbing worries me and I'd like to have a solution for my girl in my pack. She put in the work for the summit, so she deserves to be up there with me!

Goose · 10-13-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JustDSM

I'm very glad you posted this.. I was searching for answers to this very question. I too do a lot of back country stuff with my GSD along side. Some of the class 3 climbing worries me and I'd like to have a solution for my girl in my pack. She put in the work for the summit, so she deserves to be up there with me!

I agree. There are some points in our hikes where its dangerous for me, so I would feel much better having him in my control and on my back.

Just this summer we did the Zion Narrows in Utah, Half Dome in Yosemite (well, for him to Subdome), Grand Canyon top to bottom and back up and countless hikes in our local mountain. He loves the freedom and escape of the city life/back yard....and I love that he enjoys it!!!

Thanks to the website and suggestions here, I feel a lot better about keeping him with me on my trips.

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Catu Crowned Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Valdivia, Chile Posts: 4,269	This is the one I like the most. I'll ask about the model and brand. the best part of it is how light it is and how you keep it a small tubular bag of the size of a 1 liter bottle. __________________ "The dog does not need to be deranked so much as the people need to learn to act like people worth listening to" Suzanne Clothier. Diabla, my Daemon; SchH A, RH-T A Akela, my Direwolf; Work in Progress Bagheera, Long term puppy host

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