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Thanks everyone for the replies and suggestions. We're testing out short hikes now, with directional commands in more difficult to navigate areas. Hopefully we'll get to do some longer trips with him!

Our vet recommended it, and we live in a part of New Mexico where rattlesnakes do show up in town, and are plentiful if you go on a hike. That being said, some people online seem to dismiss it as a...

I live in the southwest a lot of the year, it's not really an antivenom, it's a rattlesnake vaccine sort of thing.

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My partner and I have a very energetic one and a half year old border collie who is partially blind from a hereditary condition. He has peripheral vision, but his forward vision is quite...

What a lovely photo log of your trip! Thank you so much for sharing.

When I'm only planning to be on the CT I bring the data book, relevant sheets copied/torn from Erik Blacks guide for the topos, and occasionally photocopied sheets containing information from the...

I know when I've sectioned the latter segments heading toward Durango, I've been grateful for my EN rated 25 degree F bag. I sleep on top of a z-lite with the addition of a nemo zor on top of that....

I'm actually a geologist by training, so my largest caution would be how delicate some of the soils on and around the CT are. I've done work in the Saguache area, and those soils are very thin,...

Foraging is not really that great. It's trendy now but it can damage fragile ecosystems where these plants have a special connection with the soil and might better serve as food for the wildlife that...

I'd be worried about relying on making fires along this trail. Large portions of the area the trail runs through are often in high fire danger in the spring (particularly with the spring winds) and...

If nothing else, you could get a cheap sport ankle wrap to fill up that space and stick with the Keens since you know they fit the front of your foot. I have a sort of similar foot in a size 8, but I...

That's great to hear. I've just been reading peoples gear lists and wondering "Yes, but were you cold!". It sounds like you found situational chilly, rather than too cold to continue, which is I...

For women (and maybe men who are familiar with womens jackets) who have been on the trail

I have a Mammut Pike Primaloft jacket which I use as my late fall/winter/early spring outer layer and it...

I like the womens Boreas Lost Coast 60 alot. I had all kinds of problems with an Osprey Kestrel as well. (I have a Kestrel 48) The Boreas Lost Coast is really comfortable, has a great hip belt with...