Outdoors & Adventure
Guides for getting outside with your dog: hikes, camping, beach days, rainy walks and hot or cold weather, with what to pack, how to build up distance and how to keep a dog visible and close. Check trail and park rules before you go, and ask your veterinarian before big changes in activity.
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Winter Hiking With a Dog: Checklist for Cold, Ice and Short Days
A winter trail-day checklist: plan a shorter, sheltered route around daylight, keep your dog leashed and off frozen water, pack water that won't freeze and a coat for dogs who feel the cold, check paws for ice balls and salt, and know when to turn back.
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Taking Your Dog to the Beach: Checklist for Sand, Salt Water and Heat
A beach-day checklist for dog owners: the rules to check before you go, water so your dog doesn't drink the ocean, hot sand and heat, waves and rip currents, and a fresh-water rinse before a covered ride home.
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Hiking With Your Dog in Hunting Season: A Trail Checklist
Trails shared with hunters need a few extra steps: find out whether and when hunting is allowed where you hike, put blaze orange on you and your dog, keep a 6-foot leash on, skip dawn and opening weekends, and know what to do if shots sound close.
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Dog Camping Essentials: A Packing Checklist for Tent and Car Camping
What to pack for your dog for a night or two at a campground, and why: pet rules to check before you book, ID that stays on after dark, dog food stored like your own, a pad off the cold ground, a tent-door clean-up routine, safe tie-outs and what to leave at home.
