I have a 5 month old German Shepherd. And want to get her a backpack. Any recommendations?
Looking for something big enough for say a 3 day backpacking excursion. Just needs to hold her food and blanket. And I guess water bottles while training. I assume I'll get more professional backpacks from this forum on search & rescue.
In the mean time. We decided on this one. Just for now. Just to get her used to wearing a backpack. And for our walks basically. Maybe some short day hikes. We also aren't loading her down at this young age. Although she's probably in the 40lb range right now. She's still developing. and I don't want anything to weigh her down to much. So we'll probably just put a couple water bottles in it. Just to get her used to wearing one. And give her something to do on walks. She needs all the exercise she can get at this point. lol. She has energy for days.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...s2&tag=themodbar0e-20&linkId=2WZOTEVXGRPHMP4Q
For $16 it's a good starter pack into the world of dog backpacks I figure. I was reluctant to buy a $100+ one not knowing how my dog would take to it - or not. This gives us a chance to see how well she does with one. I think the bad reviews are from people trying to use this as their leash attachment too. I would never do that. I think collar's are the way to go with dogs. Harnesses are for pulling. And if your into that - hook up a cart. lol. In the meantime, we'll test this one out on her. And see how she does. For $16 it was a no brainer. But I'd really like to get a run down on what the professionals use. Eventually we'd like to take her with us backpacking. And having her own pack would be helpful.
Lastly, I don't know what kind of purple tongued hound this is. But this is just a pic of the cheap one we bought. Pretty funny pic though.
Looking for something big enough for say a 3 day backpacking excursion. Just needs to hold her food and blanket. And I guess water bottles while training. I assume I'll get more professional backpacks from this forum on search & rescue.
In the mean time. We decided on this one. Just for now. Just to get her used to wearing a backpack. And for our walks basically. Maybe some short day hikes. We also aren't loading her down at this young age. Although she's probably in the 40lb range right now. She's still developing. and I don't want anything to weigh her down to much. So we'll probably just put a couple water bottles in it. Just to get her used to wearing one. And give her something to do on walks. She needs all the exercise she can get at this point. lol. She has energy for days.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...s2&tag=themodbar0e-20&linkId=2WZOTEVXGRPHMP4Q
For $16 it's a good starter pack into the world of dog backpacks I figure. I was reluctant to buy a $100+ one not knowing how my dog would take to it - or not. This gives us a chance to see how well she does with one. I think the bad reviews are from people trying to use this as their leash attachment too. I would never do that. I think collar's are the way to go with dogs. Harnesses are for pulling. And if your into that - hook up a cart. lol. In the meantime, we'll test this one out on her. And see how she does. For $16 it was a no brainer. But I'd really like to get a run down on what the professionals use. Eventually we'd like to take her with us backpacking. And having her own pack would be helpful.
Lastly, I don't know what kind of purple tongued hound this is. But this is just a pic of the cheap one we bought. Pretty funny pic though.