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03/06/2015 04:59PM
I never get tired of seeing all of these great looking canoe dogs!
Here’s Karma and Jake’s first (and only) Quetico trip 5 years ago. Sadly we lost both of them to cancer over the past 4 years, was really happy to have that experience with them. Try not to laugh at the “pontoons” on the canoe....we are experienced paddlers, but the thought of taking 150 pounds worth of dogs who had never stepped foot in a canoe (and a Berner who hated swimming) made us a little nervous :-) The “pontoons” saved us a few times in big rollers on Bayley Bay, and when the bigger dog decided to shift all of his weight to one side - well worth the slight embarrassment of using them!!
Hoping to do a canoe trip soon with the 2 new members of our pack (Bella and Adrian), just trying to figure out how to make that work since the older one is 105 pounds, and is not very graceful.
Here’s Karma and Jake’s first (and only) Quetico trip 5 years ago. Sadly we lost both of them to cancer over the past 4 years, was really happy to have that experience with them. Try not to laugh at the “pontoons” on the canoe....we are experienced paddlers, but the thought of taking 150 pounds worth of dogs who had never stepped foot in a canoe (and a Berner who hated swimming) made us a little nervous :-) The “pontoons” saved us a few times in big rollers on Bayley Bay, and when the bigger dog decided to shift all of his weight to one side - well worth the slight embarrassment of using them!!
Hoping to do a canoe trip soon with the 2 new members of our pack (Bella and Adrian), just trying to figure out how to make that work since the older one is 105 pounds, and is not very graceful.
12/24/2015 06:29PM
Mocha's last trip. She was a beautiful Chocolate Lab rescue dog, when we took her to the U of M she was diagnosed with a leaky heart valve and not given long to live. We put her on meds and got 1.5 more years out of her. She died at 6.5 Year old.
My wife and I did a week long trip into Insula Lake during the Pagami fire. It was her/Mocha's last BW trip. She loved fetching and the water. I still get teary eyed thinking of her.
01/17/2016 03:15PM
quote Goldenbadger: "quote RRHD: "I've probably posted these before, but my Calcifer loves to come to the BWCA with me. My husband may start making me choose him or the dog though...
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That should be an easy choice. Choose the dog. "
Yeah, pretty much. I've never capsized with just the dog, or the dog plus the kids. But with my husband...
06/15/2016 08:30AM
my dog is finally growing out of puppy stage. (he's four now). sitting for hours in a canoe was not his idea of a good time. he's a lab and designed to swim, a mile or two of swimming and he chill for a couple days, he's figuring it out, swimming is hard work, duffing in a canoe is life a it's finest.
08/07/2016 07:11PM
My dog Regent last month. It's trip #3 for him, and he has developed a very good sense of balance. Video: Solo Dog Trip
01/15/2017 11:50AM
This is Luna on Sunday Lake in Quetico. I was out fishing and didn't have my small pack in front of her in the bow. It's the first time I ever saw her sit/lay like this. It could be because the bottom of the canoe was cold to her, not sure. Or it was just a comfortable way to still see what was going on.
Here's a short video of us playing on Marj Lake in Quetico Sept. 2016. She's one of those dogs that WANTS to play ball but doesn't like givin' it up! :)
Luna playing fetch
Here's a short video of us playing on Marj Lake in Quetico Sept. 2016. She's one of those dogs that WANTS to play ball but doesn't like givin' it up! :)
Luna playing fetch
01/30/2017 08:26AM
I'm a little late to your thread but here's my girl. The portage photo and the one with the big smiling dog is Izabel, sweetest dog in the world. The 3rd photo of the back of the beautiful head with the ears framing the portage, that's my Rilee girl. The one that saved my life on more than one occasion. 
01/30/2017 10:16AM
quote campNgirl: "I'm a little late to your thread but here's my girl. The portage photo and the one with the big smiling dog is Izabel, sweetest dog in the world. The 3rd photo of the back of the beautiful head with the ears framing the portage, that's my Rilee girl. The one that saved my life on more than one occasion.
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Are they smooth coat border collies? How was your life saved?
03/13/2017 07:26AM
I really like this forum, Thanks to Tom T for alerting me to it, I am having a lot of fun during the snow storm to day, looking over the great dog/canoe photos, awesome stuff!
Here are some pics of my Dog Jake.
Jake loves to explore the backcountry. After a long day, he seeks refuge in the canoe.
We had a difficult morning, slow going and he is not happy with me - giving me the stink eye.
Here are some pics of my Dog Jake.
Jake loves to explore the backcountry. After a long day, he seeks refuge in the canoe.
We had a difficult morning, slow going and he is not happy with me - giving me the stink eye.
03/13/2017 07:34PM
A couple more pics of Jake ... brings back awesome memories during our latest winter snowfall. After splitting some wood for the fire, it is great to relive these moments.
Jake waiting for the command to jump in the canoe - he is jacked to get going.
A cold morning paddle on the TTF in Wisconsin.
Paddling to the last portage of our trip 2016 on the TFF.
Bob.
Jake waiting for the command to jump in the canoe - he is jacked to get going.
A cold morning paddle on the TTF in Wisconsin.
Paddling to the last portage of our trip 2016 on the TFF.
Bob.
06/12/2017 09:56AM
milo is obsessed with swimming and never understood why you would sit in a boat all day when there is all this wonderful water to swim in. proud to say he stayed in the canoe for our entire five day trip. could be that getting in and out of this 15" deep canoe was just too much work.
09/13/2019 11:59PM
These are of my buddy Amelia.....Stella hated canoeing, but Amelia has taken to it and has been on 4 trips in the 18 months I've had her. A few alarming lunges after "sky raisins" at first, but now she's pretty chill. She has her own sleeping bag now, after spending her first nights wrapped up in my fleece!
01/28/2020 08:29AM
Wisconsin's Willow Flowage, October 2018.
Ensign, July 2018.
Canoe Lake, July 2017.
I've only been to the BWCA solo with Boomer once but on the group trips he is normally the only one ready to go fishing with me at dawn. His near 100# weight really helps me handle a tandem canoe solo, especially big ones like this Wenonah Odyssey. I don't know why his bed wasn't in the boat on this morning.
Sunset on Malberg, June 2019
Sunset on Ima, May 2017
06/02/2020 10:23AM
Thanks for posting this picture and providing a good chuckle for me. I have a 15 lb havanese. He loves canoeing but hates the cold...and the rain. I've pretty much decided he'll stay with a friend on long overnight trips. Do you take your little dog with you canoe camping? 
05/15/2023 07:30PM
Our dog, Milo, last year. He's excited for his third trip to the BWCA this Friday!
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