WHAT BREED AND HOW MANY DOGS[POOCHES!!]?

[Uncle Alvah]

How many dogs? Too many!
1 Boston terrier
2 beagles
2 Shepherds
2 Fila Brasileiros

Toss in 3 horses, two mules, 2 cats and a passel of chickens and you have a small insight into my crazy life!

 

[Capolini]

How many dogs? Too many!
1 Boston terrier
2 beagles
2 Shepherds
2 Fila Brasileiros

Toss in 3 horses, two mules, 2 cats and a passel of chickens and you have a small insight into my crazy life!

Wow that is a lot! Do they all get along?!:thinking:

 

[Eric the Red]

Two dogs:

Rhodesian Ridgeback

German Shepherd (with a good dose of Mali) - working dog.


We don't seem to get unwanted visitors.......or postmen.....

 

[Capolini]

THE "LAST GREAT RACE" STARTS TODAY!! !

THE IDITAROD!!

Best of luck to everyone and stay safe!!!:thumbsup:

Capo is the "Master of ceremonies"!!!

 

[CUL8R]

We've got 6 big guys: Clyde is a fawn colored English Mastiif, Charlie is a St Bernard, Anna is a St Bernard, Lucy is a Great Dane, Teegan is a Landseer Newfoundland, and Kylee is a newfie/Saint mix. All are active in hiking, camping, caving, backpacking, snow-shoeing, summiting peaks, etc, with us. Although two are now getting too old for the really hard stuff.

Clyde and Anna

Teegan, Lucy, and Kylee

Charlie

Teegan, Charlie, and Kylee just after a dip in the lake

 

[CUL8R]

And a few more pictures:

Clyde just outside a cave near timberline in the Sangre di Cristo Mts

Clyde, emerging from the entrance crawl abou 30' into the cave

Charlie, at the entrance to another nearby cave

And inside

My daughter and her dog Anna at the summit of Humboldt Peak (14,064'). Two other 14'ers behind them.

Teegan ascending Humboldt at apprx 13,600'

My daughter with the 4 girls just above timberline of Humboldt

 

[Capolini]

We've got 6 big guys: Clyde is a fawn colored English Mastiif, Charlie is a St Bernard, Anna is a St Bernard, Lucy is a Great Dane, Teegan is a Landseer Newfoundland, and Kylee is a newfie/Saint mix. All are active in hiking, camping, caving, backpacking, snow-shoeing, summiting peaks, etc, with us. Although two are now getting too old for the really hard stuff.

Clyde and Anna

Teegan, Lucy, and Kylee

Charlie

Teegan, Charlie, and Kylee just after a dip in the lake

Great pics. !!! You have a huge family of pooches,,,,in more ways than One!!

 

[Phaserburn]

We've got three. Jake's a Black Lab, Hobbes is an Australian Shephard, and Marley is a Feist. All three were rescues from kill shelters. Love'em. Marley was not named after the movie or the reggae star. Jake's name is really Jacob...

 

[ven]

CUL8R -Amazing pics there:twothumbs certainly look like you have your hands full with your big guys.

 

[InfinitusEquitas]

Bam, a wire haired fox terrier.

 

[Capolini]

Nice pics.!!!

 

[Capolini]

Bam, a wire haired fox terrier.

Nice pics.!

 

[CUL8R]

CUL8R -Amazing pics there:twothumbs certainly look like you have your hands full with your big guys.

Hey ven,
They are our third fall back when we get stuck wheeling. If we absolutely can't get unstuck on our own, and there is no winch attachment point, then its time to harness all the dogs up and pull us out.

Seriously though we do take 1, 2, or 3 on some wheeling trips:

our Newfie, our Mastiff, and our Newfie/Saint mix on an old 4wd trail up to a mine in the Sangre di Cristos in Colorado

This is "Steelbender Trail" in Moab, Ut. You can just see the head of our St Bernard in the back. A rough ride for him on this trip.

 

[LichtAn!]

Teegan ascending Humboldt at apprx 13,600'

My daughter with the 4 girls just above timberline of Humboldt

My god what a beautiful landscape and not another single person in sight. Seems like I really need to go america some time.

This is my American Staffordshire Terrier:

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[CUL8R]

My god what a beautiful landscape and not another single person in sight. Seems like I really need to go america some time.

This is my American Staffordshire Terrier:

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Hi LichtAn (does that mean Light On?) Nice dog! There are many great places to see and things to do here and often not crowded. It's like anyplace though, you have to plan your times to avoid too many people. We lived in/near Kaiserslautern for 6 years. Volksmarched all time and loved it. We took 2 Great Danes (Deutsche Doggen?) over there when we moved and they went everywhere with us. Unfortunately that culture of taking your dogs most places(If they are trained and well mannered) is not the same here. Try taking your dog in a resturant and having him lie under a table and you'll be escorted right back out. Oh well, they're allowed almost anywhere outside.

You can hike in the Great Sand Dunes National Park (certain sections only with dogs):

Or you can backpack with or without your dogs:

So you should seriously think about touring around over here in the USA. Most of us don't bite.:laughing:

 

[Capolini]

Hi LichtAn (does that mean Light On?) Nice dog! There are many great places to see and things to do here and often not crowded. It's like anyplace though, you have to plan your times to avoid too many people. We lived in/near Kaiserslautern for 6 years. Volksmarched all time and loved it. We took 2 Great Danes (Deutsche Doggen?) over there when we moved and they went everywhere with us. Unfortunately that culture of taking your dogs most places(If they are trained and well mannered) is not the same here. Try taking your dog in a resturant and having him lie under a table and you'll be escorted right back out. Oh well, they're allowed almost anywhere outside.

You can hike in the Great Sand Dunes National Park (certain sections only with dogs):

Or you can backpack with or without your dogs:

So you should seriously think about touring around over here in the USA. Most of us don't bite.:laughing:

Awesome pics.!!!! Beautiful!! Both sides of my family were born in the Mountains,In Italy[I have been 3 times] and in Poland!!! No jokes!! The mts. are in my blood. I have family that lives in Colorado,,never been there. I have been to Vinhs area 5 times!! I love Mt. Ranier! Have been to Mt. Whitney in Calif. 3X,,,,,,would love to go to Colorado,,I have friend who have a home in Aspen. All your pics. are great,,,,this last one is cool w/ the greenery, the water and the Mts.!:twothumbs

 

[CUL8R]

Awesome pics.!!!! Beautiful!! Both sides of my family were born in the Mountains,In Italy[I have been 3 times] and in Poland!!! No jokes!! The mts. are in my blood. I have family that lives in Colorado,,never been there. I have been to Vinhs area 5 times!! I love Mt. Ranier! Have been to Mt. Whitney in Calif. 3X,,,,,,would love to go to Colorado,,I have friend who have a home in Aspen. All your pics. are great,,,,this last one is cool w/ the greenery, the water and the Mts.!:twothumbs

Thank you! I love Italy too. I spent my first two years in the USAF in northern Italy, although my job entailed traveling all over the country. You really should come out and visit Colorado sometime, especially if you really like mountains! You and Capo can hike so many cool trails! Everywhere in the mountains there are so many excellent places to explore. If you look just at 14K peaks (and depending on which standard you use) Colorado has 58 (or 53) 14ers, California has 13 (or 11), Washington has 2 (or 1). That's a lot of mountains and variety, and those figures don't include the lower elevation peaks. You do have to keep an eye open for bears. I've run into them many times hiking, and every time but once they took one look at us and started running the opposite direction, so usually no worries. I've seen mountain lion tracks, but have never yet run into one. But we could have passed one by fairly closely while it was lying up and never have seen it. In hunting season you need to take special precautions. I keep my dogs very close and we all wear bright orange or neon green vests (especially the dogs). During rutting season even deer and elk can be dangerous if you get too close! But the small risks are far outweighed by the beauty, and often solitude that surrounds you in the mountains.

If you do meet a bear while hiking this is what you hope to see:

But one time at a NFS campground near Crested Butte we were camping at, some idiot started slamming the lid to the trash bin that was near our campsite. I walked over to see who was causing the racket while my wife finished cleaning the trout she had just caught. I found a black bear slamming the lid to get the anti-bear rope off and then...

About this time I finally woke up to the fact my wife and kids and dogs were only about 40' away and in very close proximity to a lot of great smelling fish and fish guts, etc, and while this guy seemed to be OK with his chosen dinner, there was no telling what he'd do when he noticed the fish odor. There were several large rocks (maybe 6" in diameter) nearby, so I tossed one underhand near him to try to scare him off. No luck. Tossed a second one that clanged off the lid making a big racket, causing him to drop the bag and head off up the hill behind him and away from the campground. Seems pretty crazy, but he needed to be out of there and away from people, and especially away from my family. Not as reckless as it seems, as black bears are usually very mild mannered and usually stay away from people, except when they learn bad habits like this one did. If he had advanced on us enough instead of running, then much as I would have hated to do it to such a neat critter, the final result would have been one less bear. Unfortunately the bears that lose their natural fear of humans are the ones that end up getting destroyed by the state DOW folks because they either injure someone or become too dangerous or aggressive to have around. Hopefully this one relearned a little fear of people and is still alive today.

 

[P_A_S_1]

While I'm really not a big animal person (cats/dogs) this thread is pretty cool and so are those dogs. I'm a bit leery around dogs sometimes (bad experience) however I never had an issue on a trail.

 

[AZPops]

Well my boy Calvin got his seat back!

Traded in our 2009 Jeep (JK) for a new 2014 Jeep (JK) a few weeks ago. However (from what I'm told on the Jeep forum, since 2010 / 2011) Jeep no longer makes a center console without an arm rest. So Calvin loss his seat ...





Since our new Jeep looked like this ...





After a few hours at Jason's shop Absolute Off-Road. It now looks like this ...







But more importantly, it meant as mentioned. Calvin got HIS seat back!







BTW, if you're thinking that I loss my arm rest. Nope, cause Calvin's my arm rest! .....


:tinfoil:

 

[Capolini]

Thanks everyone for continuing to contribute to the thread!!!:thumbsup:

It was silent for several weeks and it is nice to see more beautiful Dogs, The Mountains, Bears and beautiful pics!!!

Here is a pic. Of the Mts. in Italy where my Grandmother was born. Gran Sasso National Park. there is some dolomite in the Mts. and it looks like a volcano and/or looks like they are on fire!!!