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The World Is Big

Experience It With Your Best Friend

Dogs have been at our side since before we built civilization. Leaving it with your dog will bring you closer than ever, and it’s the experience of a lifetime.

Backpacking is fun

But it can be hard to start

Backpacking is one of the greatest experiences for nature-lovers. But it can be hard to start. There are a lot of options and precautions to consider. It’s easy to overthink and not get started, so I can help.

Find an Appropriate Trail

Your first trail can be exciting, it can be scary, it can be enthralling. I help select a perfect first trail that will be the right balance of fun, difficult, and enthralling.

Gear Up The Right Way

Too much gear bogs you down and makes your experience miserable, too little gear leaves you wanting more and makes your experience miserable. The right combination has a wider range than you’d expect, and I help you dial it in quicker.

Record Your First Trip

You deserve mementos of your first time out. It’s a transformative experience and magical to revisit it.

What’s backpacking without your dog?

Safely Bring Your Best Friend

Many, if not most, dogs have a long lineage of adventuring alongside us. This might be hunting or foraging, or protecting our flock or harvest. It wasn’t until recently that both them and us have been cooped up inside.

Let’s get us all back out.

Safe Distance

It is easy to accidentally overdo it with your dog. It’s also easy to underestimate them. I plan treks that are challenging and safe for both you and your dog. And we’re never afraid to change plans to accomodate them.

Canine Preparation

You aren’t the only one who should be ready to conquer the great outdoors. I’ll give you an easy, basic program to get your dog ready in as little as two weeks.

Safety First

There are a bunch of considerations to make when bringing your dog, especially the first time. I help you figure them out before hand and in the field, so you don’t make the same mistakes I learned from.

Get out of the city

And into the world

You deserve the adventure, the freedom, and the air. You deserve a day where the only traffic is the person in front of you and the only appointment is pitching a tent before the sun goes down.

Grow closer with your dog

Make new friends

Backpacking is a wonderful solo activity, but when done with a group the skills you learn together helps forge new friendships.

Whether it’s overcoming a challenging climb or talking over dinner, you’re sure to make new friends outside of civilization.

If you have any questions

Reach Out

Everyone has different concerns, and if you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them.

Don’t worry if it seems like a basic question or the product of overthinking, I gotcha.

Gear 101
There are some considerations to be made with dogs when shopping for gear.
Here are some hard-learned lessons for what to look for when shopping for equipment you’ll be using when trekking with dogs.
Dog Considerations
Hiking, including backpacking, can be incredibly rewarding. Bringing your dog forces a few changes, and I’ve outlined those in this article.
It’s not just your hike at that point, it’s your dog’s, and this will help you respect that and make it more enjoyable for them

The Wild Is Callling

Answer it.

Don’t waste another moment. You can be outside and living in the now, on this planet, before you know it.