Dingus All Business on Last Hike

[denverco]

Before Dingus I had an 80 lb APBT with a head the size of a bowling ball. He was absolutely fearless, and I took him along whenever I went predator hunting. He disappeared on the trail once only to return herding a full grown bull elk in my direction. I had to call him off.

Here's a pic of Doodle, my APBT:

Dingus does get cold at night, but he sleeps inside.

Wow our dogs could be twins. Same color right down to the white on his chest. My dog had an encounter with a porcupine a couple summers ago. They had to remove a couple hundred quills over his entire face and mouth. I found the porcupine dead a couple days later. I recently caught him fighting two coyotes both of which limped away in agony. Fearless my friend.

 

[HighDesertWalker]

Stone Lions can be a tough one. It's amazing how deep Alamo seems on the second trip out. We did that one in August a few years ago. Left the VC at 7:30am and was back by 12:30. We were all exhausted. It's a relatively short hike, only about 12 miles, but the 4000 feet of climb gets to you.

One I used to really like is Mitchell Trail here in town. It's a steep, narrow trail. Was really nice before the fire. Now with no trees left, there's not much left on the side of the mountain to arrest a fall. Great views, but kind of scary on windy or wet days.

We've been in town about 18 years. Wife's been at the lab the entire time, I've only been there for about 5.

Give a call if you want to do a hike sometime. I'm still working off my winter weight gain and not in top shape right now. But I do plan another 3 day trek in the Grand Canyon in Oct/Nov, so I'm working on it. I'm the only Wray in the phone book. Karen doesn't hike much anymore due to RA, but that's her painting on the cover of the '08 Names and Numbers phone book.

 

[HighDesertWalker]

Wow our dogs could be twins. Same color right down to the white on his chest. My dog had an encounter with a porcupine a couple summers ago. They had to remove a couple hundred quills over his entire face and mouth. I found the porcupine dead a couple days later. I recently caught him fighting two coyotes both of which limped away in agony. Fearless my friend.

Great companion and watchdog. One of the best people dogs I've ever had.