Pack Hike Training
Monday, April 12th, 2010 | Indigo, Litter Mates and Swissy Friends
With the gorgeous weather we had this weekend, we were lucky enough to get a 9 mile training hike in on Saturday with Indy’s BFF, Vasey. We started out around 8:30am with about 50 degree weather. Maybe it was a little cooler… But it was sunny and a little breezy out.
Since I haven’t done much weight training with Indy recently, we stayed at a consistent weight (10lbs) throughout the entire walk. Vasey has been doing much more training, so she started out with 20lbs and worked her way down to 12lbs. In a pack hike, the dog must carry 20% of their total body weight in their pack. It’s usually water and drops gradually throughout the hike, but you can not dump a lot of it at one time.
The girls were eager to go at first.
Excited even.
Since we were walking the forest preserve trail, we saw a few deer here and there.
And yes, the girls were interested. I’m not sure if they wanted to chase them, or if Vasey realized that deer=venison which is her main protein source…
Somewhere around mile 7, Vasey told us she was tired.
But we all made it to the 9 mile mark in 3 hours and a few stops.
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