Back packing is great fun for any dog with their owner! What could be more fun then loading the family up with a days worth of all weather supplies and meals and taking the dog (and that's any breed of dog!) with you. All of our dog back packs are made to fit all sizes of doggies and can easily accommodate all of their needs such as their dog travel bowl or food dish, and poo bags.
The good thing about back packing is you can do it anywhere. It could be in a mountainous area or on flat fells and moors, who cares?, it just great exercise and where you can all let off stresses and go to your hearts content. Our Alaskan malamutes love the Lake district, North Wales and the Scottish Highlands, and this all started from my first dog who was a Jack Russell! how times change.
We're very lucky that in the UK we have so many open access areas where you can take your dog all over farm land and hills, and there's always a way of over night camping as our back packs are durable and can certainly fit many a things in. We recommend the Mountain Smith dog back pack from America for longer hauls as they accommodate far more items and weight, and also have the webbing on the top (handy for dog bedding). We have working dog titles for KC registered malamutes were you can use the letters WPD after the Kennel clubs registered name, as long as your a member of the Alaskan malamute club of America, (AMCA) and then you can participate in your own trek on rough terrain. Here your malamute must carry 30% of its body weight which can decrease with natural usage (i.e water consumption). The above photo was taken in the lakes, where we carried all our supplies for a full 3 days of hiking with 2 nights of wild camping with the dogs. We are always testing new dog back packs for these types of excursions as the weight the dogs need to carry can be 12kgs plus! Which is alot of weight to carry and must it hold it comfortably. The dogs come FIRST on all these back packing trips and if the pack fails or weather changes, then its time to wave the white flag.
If you have any great walks or would like to recommend anywhere you have camped overnight with your dog, we would love to hear from you.