[at-l] Supplements--Am I crazy?

[ackenglass@hotmail.com (Alexis Lee Acken)]

As a postscript to what I just wrote, and this might get me in trouble....

I think it's much crueler to take children on a thru-hike and people have
certainly done that.  With dogs or children, it's a matter of being able to
make accomodations for someone other than youself.

Alexis




> This is the problem I have with those bringing pets on hikes. You have
> some clue what you are getting yourself and your dogs into. Your dogs
> do not. Your dogs are bonded with you and will walk themselves to
> disease or death to be with you - their owner/master. They cannot "own"
> or "share" a hike for it to be "our" hike..
>
> Think through the ethics of bringing a pet, particularly if you have
> personified your pet. They are only dogs and depend on their owners to
> make competent decisions for them.
>
> Bill...
>
> --- Alexis Lee Acken <ackenglass@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > ....  I wouldn't want to do the hike without them.
> > It's not my hike or the dogs' hike, it's going to be our hike and
> > will be the time of all our lives.  I think that about covers my
> > reasons.
> >
>
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