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lucky luke
08-11-2010, 11:19
howdy,
my dog needs a good backpack. he is a 100 pound rhodesian ridgeback/farmhoundmix. he looks mostly like a rr without the ridge. his old pack has been with me for 25 years and it is definitely outdated.
so i am looking to get a new pack. nothing decent seems available in shops here in germany. so far the nicest i found on german websites is the
ruffwear new palisades in size L.
do you guys have any suggestions about what else is good?
mr. meany carries a lot. not necessarily a lot of weight, but a lot of volume, so he needs big volume bags.
thanks
lucky luke
In my opinion, the RuffWear packs are excellent - I recently purchased the RuffWear Approach pack:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11273583@N03/4784887168/
and am very pleased with the quality and fit. RuffWear is a bit spendy but if you keep it for 20+ years like your last one, it's not so bad!
howdy,
my dog needs a good backpack. he is a 100 pound rhodesian ridgeback/farmhoundmix. he looks mostly like a rr without the ridge. his old pack has been with me for 25 years and it is definitely outdated.
so i am looking to get a new pack. nothing decent seems available in shops here in germany. so far the nicest i found on german websites is the
ruffwear new palisades in size L.
do you guys have any suggestions about what else is good?
mr. meany carries a lot. not necessarily a lot of weight, but a lot of volume, so he needs big volume bags.
thanks
lucky luke
Mr. Meany???? HAHA!!!
My dog (75-pound golden retriever) has a Granite Gear RuffRider pack, and it seems to do the job well. He likes wearing it and it seems to fit well.
(Disclaimer, though: we haven't been on any really long walks with it, just 4 or 5 miles at a time. But I have no reason to believe it wouldn't work just fine for longer trips.)
by far, the best pack i've used for my girls:
http://www.ruffwear.com/Approach-Pack?sc=2&category=13
on every other pack i've tried, even other ruff wear packs, there is some rubbing/chafing. in the two years that bella has been wearing this approach pack, no rubs, no problems.
wirerat123
08-11-2010, 13:36
Ceasar Milan suggests the Outward Hound packs. They are very inexpensive. I don't know how they'll hold up on trail though.
lucky luke
08-12-2010, 08:03
thanks all!
does anyone have experience with the mountainsmith packs?
both of the ruffwear packs hold only 18 liters, not really a lot.
the mtnsmith dog pack holds 30 liters but seems to have less of a harness to it than the ruffwear packs.
and yes, the name is mr. meany. even though thats about the only thing he is not :D .
greets
lucky luke
thanks all!
does anyone have experience with the mountainsmith packs?
both of the ruffwear packs hold only 18 liters, not really a lot.
the mtnsmith dog pack holds 30 liters but seems to have less of a harness to it than the ruffwear packs.
and yes, the name is mr. meany. even though thats about the only thing he is not :D .
greets
lucky luke
That is an adorable name :)
the mountainsmiths are longer and mostly flop all over the place. not snug at all.
lucky luke
08-13-2010, 10:53
That is an adorable name :)
:bananayes! and it keeps nasty grownups away and kids just love it. name and dog!
ok, i have decided to go with the ruffwear palisades. the main reason is that i can take off the bags at breaks and hard spots easily. wo do take a lot of short brakes and also do a lot of alpine stuff that envolves little climbing.
thanks for your input,
cu
lucky luke + mr. meany
the goat
08-13-2010, 11:19
stay away from the mountainsmith dog pack.
it's useless, fits poorly, and is an overall piece of s h 1 t
Country Roads
08-16-2010, 19:46
Ruff wear packs rock! My dog loves hers. She is a medium dog, but slender, so she uses a small. It has enough room for her stuff for 3 or 4 days.
I tried a Kelty chuckwagon medium, but it was too large for her slender frame, but it did seem to have a lot of room and had you could expand it some. It seemed well made and well padded. I have heard that it has a tendency to slide forward on steep downhills.. A friend now has it for her husky, it fits him well, so maybe that will not be a problem for him.
I love your dogs name!
Harley&Me
08-22-2010, 10:52
My dog wore a Ruff Wear Pallisades pack. It fit great (size medium for a 75lb lab) and I really liked the fact that it was removable (Don't have to unclip the whole harness every time you stop.
lucky luke
09-01-2010, 14:12
howdy,
just wanted to let you know that both, mr. meany and I!, love his new ruffwear palisades pack in size L. it carries food for 5 days, the load comes off easily in breaks, the harness stays on.
excellent choice, thanks for your input here!
happy trails
lucky luke