Here is a great pic of Willow and I on the Basswood River. I loved having her with me up there. She turned out to be a great camping/canoeing dog. Please post pics of your dogs in the BWCA!

Wilson on Side Lake, Quetico

Wilson on Seagull Lake, BWCA

These are all from a trip a few weeks ago. The last one is my dog Ramzi trying to join me for some fishing on the far side of the lake from camp. He swam about 150 yards to meet me.

1. Booker on the tow ride up through Moose.




2. At Knife Lake campsite with my older daughter.




3. Chilling out on Knife Lake





4. Going exploring on Vera




5. Family photo, day 5, on the portage at Splash and Moose

Freddie went on two August trips this year. She did really well in the heat and on the portages. She will be 16 this January.

I took Luna for her first canoe ride this weekend. We went out both Sat. and Sunday to different local forest preserve lakes. I'm going to the BW in 3 weeks solo but won't take her. She's only 16 months old so she'll go next year when I won't be solo. She really did great and I hope to have her on all my trips soon.

Someone should ask Adam if we can get one of those "slideshow" buttons for this thread, like they have for the photo contest.

Here's a few from our Quetico trip - it was so fun having Piwi along!

Not that I love our dog or anything like that . . .

Arctic, what breed (if any) is Wilson? He looks a lot like my sister's rescue dog Comet. Love the pictures everyone!

These dogs are all awesome! I'll have to post a few more of Willow. And I'll ask Adam about a slide show button.

Ho Ho, nice shot of you and Piwi in the lily pads. How did he/she do in the water? Any swimming going on? My girl goes in very willingly but I haven't seen her swim yet.

Some more pics of Willow in the BWCA

quote Ho Ho: "Arctic, what breed (if any) is Wilson? He looks a lot like my sister's rescue dog Comet. Love the pictures everyone!
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Wilson is half Siberian Husky and half German Shepard. We got him as a pup in November 2008 from the Humane Society in Woodbury, MN (near St. Paul).

Funny thing was, our old dog, Beverly, had just died at the age of 13 1/2, and we went to the Humane Society to just "have a look". There is no way I could go into that place and not come out with a new pup!

I sent an email to Adam about a slideshow button and never heard back from him. Maybe someone else would have more luck asking him.

My "New Girl" Karma the chocolate lab is growing. She was born May 1
The Big Fella in the back is ICE He is a "yellow lab" near white.
ICE was 11 this July and is 100+ pounds. Karma will be my new canoe dog as soon as she is canoe broke :)

SunCatcher

Bernice at Table Rock


Bernice at Johnson Falls






Bernice and her dish...


Just a few from our last trip...

Ben, I missed you on the trail by a day or two. I was portaging south into Gebeonequet the last week of Sept. and met 3 guys and a woman. The woman was from New Jersey and was with an older guy. The 3 guys were from Iowa.

They said they met another solo guy (like myself) with a Chesapeake dog. I instantly knew it was you they were talking about when they said you were out for 40 days. They didn't really know the area and didn't remember where they met you the day before. I was camped on Finger Lake so maybe you passed my camp on the north side of the island if you went through there.

Looking forward to your trip report.

quote TomT: "Ben, I missed you on the trail by a day or two. I was portaging south into Gebeonequet the last week of Sept. and met 3 guys and a woman. The woman was from New Jersey and was with an older guy. The 3 guys were from Iowa.


They said they met another solo guy (like myself) with a Chesapeake dog. I instantly knew it was you they were talking about when they said you were out for 40 days. They didn't really know the area and didn't remember where they met you the day before. I was camped on Finger Lake so maybe you passed my camp on the north side of the island if you went through there.


Looking forward to your trip report.


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Tom, I remember the three guys and the gal. She had like a hat on that made her look like she had little or no hair. (Bad desciption I know). We met on the Beartack to little Beartrack Portage. I helped them carry a pack across and she laughed and ask how I ended up with their heaviest pack. :) The bigger wow is I was camped on the same island on Finger and Tuscaurora B and Vickie were camped on the same site the day before. (South Site) That had to be a close encounter!

We were on the same path just different directions. I wonder where we crossed... I loved that small site on N. side of island on Finger. Perfect for a solo. Here's my views from there. This was right as the weather changed from cloudy and windy to clear and calm.

Sorry for the thread hijack... I'll stop.



Looking west.

Looking east.

This is one of my favorites, and a great memory of my now deceased dog Karma. Heading into North Bay towards the end of our 10 day Quetico trip in 2010, the dogs were "in their groove" and ready to go.

P.S. Great looking group of happy campin'dogs you all have!

Tired Karma after a long day of portaging

She loooved fishing

Jake is ready to go

A couple of Echo at Kawishiwi Lake in June

and last week on Sawbill

milo, my six month old puppy on his third trip to the BWCA. this one was backpacking, he loved it, although it was almost winter cold out. for a six month puppy this dog rocks, he pointed out two cow moose just thirty feet from us that we would have missed as it was getting dark and the moose were in a very thick swamp forest. he stayed at our side until the cows wondered away, then he turned and lightly barked in the other direction. bull moose i figured. we double speeded out of there.

sometimes having a dog along is a real bonus. but i think i was carrying about ten lbs of dog food at the beginning of the trip.

I absolutely love everyone's dog pics! My trip in August was the first time I've gone with a dog (I've only gone to the BWCA three times) and I don't think I would ever want to go without a dog again.

My Belle!









She was in the water from sunrise to sunset!! She loved it!!

Luna just got back from her 1st trip (11 days) to Quetico. She did great and we even got to play frizbee at three of the sites.

Last weekend from Echo's return trip to Sawbill. He loved it and he was worn out more than us. At the motel in Silver Bay on Sunday he slept from 5:30pm until 7:30 the next morning. He didn't even get up to go to the bathroom.

milo can walk on water, abbie won't walk on snow

milo and his best friend (son's dog) enjoying a moment in the north woods. no one moved for what seemed like at least five minutes.

quote jwartman59: " milo and his best friend (son's dog) enjoying a moment in the north woods. no one moved for what seemed like at least five minutes."

Nice one! No growling or barking?

quote jwartman59: " milo and his best friend (son's dog) enjoying a moment in the north woods. no one moved for what seemed like at least five minutes."

love it!!!!!!!!!

My pup would have gone INSANE.

When I'm walking mine (offleash) in a forest preserve she will freeze when we see deer or coyotes. She will then turn around slowly to look at me like "hey, do you see what I see??"

Our current Aussies plus another of Cinnamon on her last trip in 2009 on Polly Lake (with Wendy and Lucky).



Cinnamon was the reason I was allowed to get more dogs! All three were rescues - Cinnamon from a shelter in central Ohio and Lucky and Vinnie came from a local Aussie rescue (now part of a national organization: NS4AR.org (New Spirit for Aussie Rescue)).



Here is Lucky and our new tripping partner - Vinnie! Showing that if you wear them out on the portages, sleep is not a problem!

Bentley on a river Azul and Bentley

Talusman, does your border collie like to swim?

quote TomT: "Talusman, does your border collie like to swim?


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He's not as enthusiastic now but when he was younger he would be in the water all day.

Ducks... I love the pictures !
We just rescued a Viszla 2 days ago and we are preparing her for a summer of canoeing and camping. We will be journaling her trip to the BWCA this year...our first year with a 4 legged companion. We are very excited about it.
Here she is... getting in and out of the canoe (first day with no snow on the ground and her first day with us)

Great pics, everyone! I'm happy to see so many other dogs livin' the good life too!

Here's my canoe dog, Daisy, on loon lookout on Knife Lake. I LOVE having her join us on our adventures! She silently alerts whether for a loon or bear. When she cools off in moving water, she likes to snap her jaws at the water like an alligator. As a photographer, it's great to have her nose, eyes, and ears scanning the area for interesting things I might have missed.

PinkCanoe... thanks for the kind words. Congratulations on rescuing that beautiful dog and giving her a good home. Looks like you are off to a good start by getting her used to the canoe. What's her name?

Originally "Shimmer".. she really didn't answer to it and we didn't think it fit her.. so we have shortened it to Shimi (shimeee).
She is adjusting well. A keeper!

Katie is fairly new to Canoe Country she has 2 trips under her belt. She has good tripping manners, she stays close on trails, and doesn't run up and down portage trails. she does however try to steal my sleeping bag and exped. She does have extensive Wingnite experience

I just found this group. Oh, my people!

Here's Bear in his first trip to the BWCA. He was a natural after a few lessons on sitting in the canoe.

Bear is beautiful! What breed is he? Is he a golden/lab cross?

Bear is beautiful! What breed is he? Is he a golden/lab cross?

He's a rescue. We were told that the mother was an Irish Setter/Springer mix. Father is a mystery, but a Golden is a good guess.

Willow at the end of our trip. We're waiting for the tow across Moose Lake.

I brought Echo with on my first solo last week. We did the Kawishiwi Triangle. He has become a great canoe dog.