Hiking With Your Dog: Happy Trails [Paperback]

Gary Hoffman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Ics Books; 2nd edition (April 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570340773
• ISBN-13: 978-1570340772
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,533,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not just a walk in the park, February 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hiking With Your Dog: Happy Trails (Paperback)

This is a basic guide to taking a dog into the wilderness. There is plenty of commonsense advice about first aid, supplies, and
outdoor etiquette (i.e. yield to horses and clean up if your dog poops on the trail). The downside is that it assumes that you can take your pet just about anywhere--like across rivers and onto ledges--and that leashes are optional. For seasoned outdoorsfolk and dogs that are both suited to and trained for such adventures, fine, but that's probably not most of us.

Also distracting is the sheer number of spelling and grammatical mistakes. "Dogs," for example, is consistently used as a possessive form, while apostrophes are used to designate the plural. And I won't even go into "its" and "it's." Any decent editor should have found these in the draft stage. Rightly or wrongly, such errors undermine the reader's faith in the writer's expertise.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No so bad, March 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hiking With Your Dog: Happy Trails (Paperback)

This is the first "Dog hiking"-book I've seen that has something for the more difficult situations. The book has even short chapter about things like fording and bouldering. It still has the basics too.

No photos, just drawn pictures. Not very informational ones, except the ones about first aid.

Good book, but a bit short. Especially if you do longer, overnight hikes in difficult terrain. LaBelle's book "Guide to backpacking with your dog" is definetly better if you do shorter walks that last only a day. If you decide to buy it, avoid 1st edition. The 2nd edition is definetly improved version.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thanks for the help, July 19, 2005

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Abby Diaz (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking With Your Dog: Happy Trails (Paperback)

This book helped me so much the last time I went camping. I was always so scared to bring my dog with me...too many variables. My friend told me about this book and that it might help. It told me everything I really needed to know in a simplistic way. Gary Hoffman didn't make me feel any less intelligent for my lack of knowledge about camping with my dog. I got all the information I needed and the trip was a success. Next time I just might stay longer!