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Re: [at-l] Dogs in a tent???

MManzano@aol.com wrote:

> I worried before my thru hike about what the dog's nails would do to the tent
> floor.  It turned out to be no problem - when I set up the tent I put my
> thermarest on one side and Smoky's blue foam pad (which I had cut to about
> 2/3 of it's original size) on the other side.  His pack went in the back of
> the tent behind my pad, and my pack was in back of his pad.  There was no
> available floor space for his nails to damage.  So set it all up before you
> go and you will probably save yourself the weight of a space blanket or floor
> covering.

I wouldn't expect nails to be a problem with a trail dog. They should
be kept ground pretty well down and blunt after a week or so. If your
dog is anything like the dogs I've seen on the trail, it will be
covering at least twice the miles you'll hike each day.

My brother used to run his Alaskan husky down gravel roads several
times a week, and I don't believe that he needed to add anything
to protect his tent floor. Then again, he wasn't using a particularly
lightweight tent.

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