wibornz
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We have raised 4 Rottweiler from pups to the grave, and two Neapolitan Mastiff. For our type of travel it will have to be a small dog which would be new to us. The problem is we hike a lot and have a small camper. Unfortunately what do you do with a small dog while we are out hiking. Most small dogs will not do five+ miles in the desert, and we really can't leave them in the Jeep or the camper in that kind of heat or just in general. I am sure a predator would make a snack out of a small dog chained up to a camper out in the desert. Plus we are not good with chaining a dog up anyways.dogs change the experience, but (IMO) enhance travel. Road Tripping with a good dog is great. J**p tripping with a good dog is the best!
i would encourage you; don't wait! i'm sure you guys and a dog would enjoy each other. i would have to imagine you could be pretty good trainers/Pack Leaders.
the only things that we don't like about dogs is that they reduce our tendency for air travel (because we don't take them with us), and that they break our hearts when they end. they do limit some of the places we can go (because we won't go without them), but there are plenty of other places we can go where they can be dogs, and sharing their joy in those places makes any sacrifices on our parts all worthwhile.
air travel i don't miss so much because we really like to road trip anyway.
the holes in our hearts when they leave, we never really get over, but we get used to,... and even knowing there's an inevitable end coming we still eventually get another one.
can't imagine our lives without a dog.
As far as training a dog. We only have well mannered and very well trained dogs. Some of th rots were better trained than others, but they were all very well mannered and socially at easy in public.
couple of our past dogs. They have all passed due to old age.
Rex
Conji
Brutis
Any new dog would need to be smaller than these boys.
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