Have you ever taken your dog skiing?

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

hats off 2 joe dirt at TTDotCoM

 

[Hawkshot99]

Took her snow shoeing at the golf course. Could have taken XC skis if I wanted......

 

[o3jeff]

I don't have a dog.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

No but I have taken my dog(actually parents dog) sledding and she didn't like it...I feel bad for dogs who sit in the car/truck while their owners are skiing..

 

[JD]

I ski with dogs. They love it. I ski with my old 14 year old lab rotti out back on our walks. He loves it too, but I have to wait for him alot. The other day he got all jazzed up and ran a mile with me. Then he slept for a day and a half....sweet dreams though. He loves the snow.
http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/

 

[loafer89]

I took our Saint Bernard to Killington many years ago.

 

[hardline]

we used to have a malmute and a husky in the house that would ride with us early season befor the lifts opened. they like snow. you just have to be carefull about them getting to close we had a few trips to the vet for stiches. but everytime the digs saw people getting their gear they would go bonkers.

 

[Stache]

Awesome video of that dog in the snow!!!!

 

[djspookman]

Yup! My 4 year old Lab has gone on many skiing and skinning/ hike to ski trips with me in the past 3 years. She loves it! Runs on the way up, sniffing all around, then runs down after me for the return trip.

But, she's in shape (from all those runs with my in the summers mountain biking)

 

[Warp Daddy]

when we had Labs took them XC skiing ALL the TIME -- Labs loved it.

It ususally went like this :: Run run run ,,piss on EVERY friggin tree , smell everything in the woods , Always off on their own hunt , never stayed right with ya - BUT they were happy as hell when they finally met up with us all tongue out , slathered up with Lab love an all

 

[Dr Skimeister]

I remember being at Hunter once where a Lab, who I assume was with someone that was a chair or two ahead of me on the summit lift, ran under the chair for as far as he was able to. When the chair got to the area where it starts over some sizable rocks (just where it crosses the bottom of Belt ?), I lost track of the dog. Lo and behold, soon after I disembarked at the summit, I see the dog running around at top of the lift. It was probably before the chair was a "high speed".

In general, it seems like I used to see lots more dogs around ski areas than I see now. What's up with that???

 

[MichaelJ]

My partner's dog loves the snow. She's taken the dog snowshoeing, xc-skiing, and even tried skijouring together. I wouldn't take the dog to a downhill area, though ... as an Aussie, it would try to herd all the skiers!

 

[Warp Daddy]

My partner's dog loves the snow. She's taken the dog snowshoeing, xc-skiing, and even tried skijouring together. I wouldn't take the dog to a downhill area, though ... as an Aussie, it would try to herd all the skiers!

TRU DAT !

my daughter's dog a Kelpie did that when we took him

 

[Smellytele]

I have Xcountry skied with dogs also down from Tucks. Never to a lift service area.

 

[tjf67]

My dog has been up a lot of high peaks. Been up thetoll road twice this year skiing. Have hiked the mountain with him for early season turns. Went up the lift at jay with him running and barking below.

he is getting older now and need a couple of doggie advil when we are done. He get pissed when I take off with out him.

 

[The Sneak]

I have a wolf-looking 72 lb border collie that would either be really happy to go skiing OR would try to bite pretty much everyone.

Maybe I'll take him for a Pine Top poach if we ever get some decent snow down here.

 

[Sparky]

I use to take my dog when I went Cross country skiing in this little state park near me. I'd do about 10 miles and she probably did 30. She would also come with me when I mountain bike in the same park. We did this right up to the point she couldn't do it any more, not that she wouldn't try.

 

[Whitey]

Tuckerman's, Easter weekend sometime in the early 90s. Brought my dog, who was a very athletic 2-3 yr old lab, with us. I'm climbing up the bowl, up the "ladder" towards the headwall. Look back and see my dog following me up. Thought "wow, that dog is ambitious". But she was a really athletic dog - leaps off of docks into the water, chase the ball until your arm was ready to fall off, etc. So I think, "OK".

We get above the headwall, dog makes it OK. I strap on my skis and start to head down, look back and the dog isn't going anywhere. Call her, go up try to coax her, etc. Nothing. Eventually I have to accept that going up is way easier for a dog than going down and the only way she's getting back down is with me holding onto her. The ladder and main routes are packed with people, so the only way for me to climb back down is through the rocks on the headwall.

So down I go, backwards, carrying/dragging an 80+lb lab with me, having to kick my own holes the whole way. Takes forever, a few near death experiences along the way too, just to add to the enjoyment. Finally get past the headwall and into the top part of the bowl. Start to trudge down through that, still pretty steep. I'm looking down and thinking "there's nothing but snow between here and the flats at the bottom - no chance of hitting anything". So (you can see where this is going) I say "sorry, dog" and give her the bobsled push. She skis/sleds/surfs down about 200 yds of Tuck's. Runs out through the bottom, none the worse. Spends the rest of the day running around the bottom and playing fetch with the picnickers. Doesn't attempt another ascent, ever.

Worst part was having to turn around and climb back up through the rocks back to my skis. Before I even took my first run at Tucks, I was beat.

 

[hammer]

We have a 12 lb short-haired mini dachshund...not gonna happen.

 

[Marc]

Tuckerman's, Easter weekend sometime in the early 90s. Brought my dog, who was a very athletic 2-3 yr old lab, with us. I'm climbing up the bowl, up the "ladder" towards the headwall. Look back and see my dog following me up. Thought "wow, that dog is ambitious". But she was a really athletic dog - leaps off of docks into the water, chase the ball until your arm was ready to fall off, etc. So I think, "OK".

We get above the headwall, dog makes it OK. I strap on my skis and start to head down, look back and the dog isn't going anywhere. Call her, go up try to coax her, etc. Nothing. Eventually I have to accept that going up is way easier for a dog than going down and the only way she's getting back down is with me holding onto her. The ladder and main routes are packed with people, so the only way for me to climb back down is through the rocks on the headwall.

So down I go, backwards, carrying/dragging an 80+lb lab with me, having to kick my own holes the whole way. Takes forever, a few near death experiences along the way too, just to add to the enjoyment. Finally get past the headwall and into the top part of the bowl. Start to trudge down through that, still pretty steep. I'm looking down and thinking "there's nothing but snow between here and the flats at the bottom - no chance of hitting anything". So (you can see where this is going) I say "sorry, dog" and give her the bobsled push. She skis/sleds/surfs down about 200 yds of Tuck's. Runs out through the bottom, none the worse. Spends the rest of the day running around the bottom and playing fetch with the picnickers. Doesn't attempt another ascent, ever.

Worst part was having to turn around and climb back up through the rocks back to my skis. Before I even took my first run at Tucks, I was beat.

Heh, good post... when I first started reading I thought "no way this will end well."

Labs are very athletic but def. can be big 'fraidy cats too. Err... dogs. Whatever the fark they are.