Nick428

I'll be traveling up to rhode island in a couple of hours from new jersey, kinda of a last minute trip and I wanted to see if there are any caches at any rest stops or something on the way up there. If you can please tell me if there is a quicker way to search for that other than going through the lists state by state I'd really appreciate it. Thanx in advance. ,Nick

A very well made point. Additionally, what would happen if a cute and friendly, absolutely harmless dog was off leash and ran up to a non-cute and very unfriendly dog on a leash? The loose dog would certainly be the loser in that scenario, and there would be nothing the owner could do but bring what remained of the dog to the vet. I'm not to worried about that considering my dog is basically part wolf therefore she is pretty good at defending herself. I've seen her lay a pretty good stomping on a boxer when he teased her and got too close. Playfully of course but she definately showed him who is boss. Looks can be decieving I won't under estimate her if anyone tried to harm someone in my family and she was there. Point well made though. You never know what could happen in a situation like that. I'm 100 % sure I want her to be solid with commands before I try any off leash trainin in an open area. I don't want anything to happen like that sad story by Team Red Oak. Anything could happen like that...cliffs, roads, caves etc. It's sad.

any word on whether or not this is still going to happen?

I've had Lacey since she was about 2 or 3 monthes old. I picked her up from my town shelter, they told me she was a husky and golden mix. After doing some research and getting opinions from people and my vet we determined that Lacey is a shiba inu here is a better picture: hope picture works if not check out this link for more pictures Lacey Pictures Hopefully tomorrow after work I will take Lacey to the local park where there is a fenced in tennis court and she how resposive she is to sit and stay, just the basic stuff just so I know where we stand. Thanx for all the input so far everyone. You've all been helpful. Keep it coming.

Blue Blaze I think I will work on the hiding treats. My dog seems to be in love with mozzarella, hope thats not bad for her. I only give it to her as a treat/reward sometimes. I think once I get down her being able to walk with me and learning her boundaries I will try the hiding the treats thing. She understands sit and stay very well although she doesn't like it and thinks it is a punishment I believe. When I give the command sit or stay her ears will go down and the sit position usually ends up becoming the crawled up in a ball scared position. Not sure why she does this but I'm hoping it fades with time. I also think I'm going to take a dog training class. Not sure if this is a dumb qeustion but is there a class for I geuss it'd be like wilderness dogs. Teaching them not to chase other animals and what not. If not I assume a basic class would be ok? Thanx for all the help so far everyone. Lacey says thanx too P.S.-I'll be sure she doesn't start chasing the travel bugs

All in all Johnx no harm done whatsoever. I understand your point and it is one well taken. I asked for hiking dog opinions on here because I know there are many cachers that hike with their dogs. I wanted to see what they thought and how they go about it. I picked up some good pointers so far and some good points yours being one of them. No hard feelings, we're all here for the same reason, the love of the sport.

While I have no problem with dogs being off leash there is one thing you should remember. Dogs are animals. They don't need a reason to bite, at least not a reason like you and I would see it. Some dogs are more prone to biting then others, and even if yours is a breed that is very calm and not prone to biting, it is always a possiblity, however small. I am sure you are a responsible owner, and your dog a nice dog, but it would be a mistake to think your dog is exempt from it's natural instints totally. Mostly, maybe, but definitely not totally. Even a nice dog can bite unexpectedly. You are right and I agree. I was just trying to get the point across that it was not the type of information I was looking for. I keep a very good eye on Lacey even though I do trust her. I know all these things. Please not turn this thread into a dog instincts thread. Thanx. By the way t & kay I think I might have to give the plastic tupperware container thing a try . Boy would that be amazing.

Thank you to all of you who are giving advice on how to help train my dog, as that is what I was looking for. Wasn't expecting all the negative comments, geuss there is always the people who look at the cup as half empty instead of half full. I do not expect my dog to bite someone nor break somes hip nor attack a fellow cacher. I am not worried about Lacey attacking anyone and if she does I will be behind her 100 % knowing she had to have had good reason. She is a house dog a hiking dog a family dog NOT a let me attack anything that I see dog. Please keep the training advice coming and not the I'm terrified of dogs speeches. End of rant. Thank You.

Wow this is pretty close to home for me. I need to make sure nothing big is going on that weekend (hopefully not) so I can make this event. I attended the GeoJamboree last year and that was lots of fun. Hope to be there! ,Nick

All of your inputs have made some good points. I think what I might do first is take her to a local tennis court in a park that is fenced in and just have her walk around with me, see how she does. After that I might try to do as someone said and take her to a wooded area that is mainly free of other people. As I said previously I trust Lacey completely that she will not run away completely out of eyesight. But I do think she may chase until she relizes what she has done and come back or stop in her tracks scared (which she does often). I think in time and with practice she will get it. She is a bright dog. Thanx for all the help. Keep the advice coming.

I have been caching for a little less than six monthes now and on most of the hunts I bring my dog Lacey who is a Shiba Inu with me. She loves the outdoors and I love taking her with my yet I'm not sure how big of a geocaching fan she is. Lacey will be 2 years old in August and I have still yet to try taking her off the leash while hiking. I have her off the leash in my front yard and she knows her boundaries. I trust she will stay by me and not run off as soon as I let her off in the woods. However I am worried that she'll chase after any animal that comes by. Also she tends to get a little over playfull with dogs which could be looked at as rough in some peoples eyes. Another thing is when I get to the area of a cache and I am looking for it she begin to bark and wimper because she wants to keep moving. My point is how did you cachers with dogs go about training your dogs off the leash and how do they act while geocaching. What type of environment did you train them in, how long did it take, etc. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance.

I've been wanting to go caching in Central Park for sometime now. Going with a group is definately a good reason to go and meet some cachers. I work during the week so if this gathering falls on the weekend I should almost definately be able to attend. I might be able to persuad my sister, AsileRD, to come and possibly my brother SERG312 if he happens to be back home. Make this happen though, I'm really looking foward to it.

My ritual is to come home and give lacey the wonder pup a bath because she has a nasty nack of getting into places she couldn't be and coming home with ticks and other bugs. She is starting to get use to the bath thing though. I usually end up getting more wet than she is during it after she shakes all over me .

rutts hut is definately amazing! I'm usually there every monday or tuesday night for the car shows. I love my weekly rutts! Better than hot grill in my opinion.

Very sorry for your loss.

I usually run to the caches so I'll just pretend I'm stretching or taking a little break while searching and not to many people think to much of it. By the way pretending the GPS is a phone is a good idea, I might have to use that one haha.

congrats, i'm hoping to get my #3 today

good point, its fixed

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pine barrens sounds like a cool place to be with all that land, all those caches, and no public destraction. i'd probably go on this trip though no matter where it is in the northeast.

ok so the garmin mount it is, now the qeustion is where can i get one? i live in northern new jersey so if anyone knows of a store in northern new jersey that would have one that'd be great. if not what is the best online store to get one from?

thanx for the input guys. so far i'm still pretty sure i'm going to go with the garmin mount. peter the rubberband sounds like a good idea but i'm not sure how safe i would feel with my GPS attached like that. for road riding i think it would be fine but i'm a little aggresive when trail rideing so i'd be worried it would shift or the rubberband would snap. thanx for the idea though i definately may use it when riding a different bike.

yea allamuchy is a great place, i fish up there at ghost lake if you know where that is and i go over to island dragway in great meadows. really nice area up there, i'm hoping to get up there a lot this summer. thanx for the welcome again everyone.

Hey Carlo yea i remeber, that was a fun trip. hopefully i'll get to do more like that. we'll have to go caching together sometime. I'm really hoping to join you guys on a group cache. any idea when the next one is going to be? I am probably going to hit the Morris Canal cache as my first cache sometime over the next few days since it is the closest one to where i live.

thanks for the input el jim, at this point i'm pretty sure i'm just going to go with the garmin mount