I had my wrist/hand dislocate, from a leash slipping down around my wrist and the dog raring back on its hind legs. It was a little dog that did that to me.
If a dog is going after game (or a creepy person), they usually go with one great jerk.
Some dogs chew to get loose, some K9s get creative in getting out of their collar or harness.
That's a really good point and it would be horrible to be ripped out of your hammock in the middle of the night by your furry friend taking after something that startles it. So I think the most important thing is to know your dog. Stella Blue is trained and knows that in the middle of the night while on the trail if she wakes up or is startled to sit and bark until I wake up and tell her "No Bark". But yes anything can happen and I would hate to be hurt on the trail in the middle of the night by falling from my hammock or having my wrist dislocated. Moral of the story know your furry friend and the behaviors it has in the woods while on the trail.
My baby girl is trained not to chase things, however, bears are fair game, if I am not aware enough to remind her, that chasing is a NO NO. (We live in an area with lots of bears in the Summer). I just do not trust her on the ground with out me there with her.
Stella Blue will often times point before she takes off after game while on the trail. I simply tell her to "Heal" (meaning she comes sits on the left side of me) or just a simple "No Keep Hiking" and she moves on. Another thing that I have found to be quite helpful is that I generally make her carry her own packs. When she is carrying her packs she knows she is working and we are hiking and it's not play time. This keeps her focused on the task at hand. However this does not help around camp or at night because I take her packs off once we make it to camp.
A run line under the hammock might work, if I do not get tangled in the chain!
I would hurt myself even more if I did this
What is too young to take on a hang? I start my dogs going everywhere as soon as I bring them home. It socializes them, then they know how to behave when away from home.
IMHO their is no to young you just have to know your dogs limits. But I am no professional dog trainer so that just MHO. I started stella out on the trail the first day I had her and we went on a trip toogether with the first few months of me adopting her. She was about one and a half years old the first time she went on a trip with me.
At this time, Willow has her own Hennessy Hammock, a Cub. She is not showing any signs of getting out of it on her own, she is close to me so she will wake me if I need help. My little Pug, sleeps in the foot box of my bag.
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