Re: Good Dog Breed for Hikers

Otto, I am surprised you have a border collie. My sister has owned them for years. She trains them as well for other people and now has a grown one and a puppy.

As you well know, they constantly run around getting into things and need a lot of attention. I can't picture one pulling a pulk. Yours is a big one. I don't think any of my sister's dogs have been anywhere near that big, but it has been a long time since I saw them.

I have seen threads on this topic on other boards and the dogs people have vary widely. Most of them seem to have a medium to big dog like a Husky or Lab or some kind of mutt. I used to day hike with a friend's two huskies years ago and they were great. She also has a smaller mutt of some kind who liked to hike too, but that one would wander off sometimes if you didn't keep an eye on her all the time.