Geocaching K9s..

[TDCompton]

Just curious to see how many others enjoy taking their canine companions out to cache with them and see photos of your four legged cachers in action..

 

I take my Belgian Malinois "Braxton" almost everywhere I go, so taking him caching was a simple decision.. He already had a hiking pack before I started caching, so to say the least I am grateful to him for carrying numerous bottles of water and whatever else I need to take with me out on the hunt!! In addition to that he is a trained Personal Protection K9 (is also trained for Dual Purpose Police Work and Schitzhund) so I feel that taking him with me is only a logical thing to do since I am a petite female and enjoy night caching...

 

Braxton doing his "pack duty" last month on a cold, rainy, day of caching...

 

Braxton doing what he loves...

 

 

 

Braxton just looking handsome...

 

I should mention my old girl "Schmoopee".. At 12 1/2 years old she is much too old to go out caching but I love her none the less.. She was a rescue that wasn't going to make it a year according to the shelter - 4 1/2 years later the old girl is still running the household!

[+minew]

My geodogs name is Meeko and although her and I just started caching early this year she has provided fun and entertainment! She's great company. She's 3/4 Border Terrier and 1/4 Border Collie! At 8 years young she is a fireball of energy. I take her on the trails all the time so geocaching and her were a perfect match since the city I live in has caches all over the trails! She's even sniffed out a few for me! I love her to pieces!

I would post a picture of her but I'm slightly challenged when it comes to that type of stuff.... She somewhat resembles Benji!

 

P.S. Braxton and Schmoopee are adorable!

[TDCompton]

Did you know that there is a great acoustic artist named Meiko... When I saw Meeko's name I just had to throw that out there.

 

And thank you for the compliment on my two.

[knowschad]

Just curious to see how many others enjoy taking their canine companions out to cache with them and see photos of your four legged cachers in action..

 

 

I sure hope you're not an FTF fanatic!!

[+digitalgoddess]

Just curious to see how many others enjoy taking their canine companions out to cache with them and see photos of your four legged cachers in action..

 

I take my Belgian Malinois "Braxton" almost everywhere I go, so taking him caching was a simple decision.. He already had a hiking pack before I started caching, so to say the least I am grateful to him for carrying numerous bottles of water and whatever else I need to take with me out on the hunt!! In addition to that he is a trained Personal Protection K9 (is also trained for Dual Purpose Police Work and Schitzhund) so I feel that taking him with me is only a logical thing to do since I am a petite female and enjoy night caching...

 

Braxton doing his "pack duty" last month on a cold, rainy, day of caching...

 

Braxton doing what he loves...

 

 

 

Braxton just looking handsome...

 

I should mention my old girl "Schmoopee".. At 12 1/2 years old she is much too old to go out caching but I love her none the less.. She was a rescue that wasn't going to make it a year according to the shelter - 4 1/2 years later the old girl is still running the household!

 

Braxton is a beautiful dog and obviously very well trained. What do you do for a living?? I am guessing police or Military work. The portrait of Braxton is indeed handsome.

 

digitalgoddess

Mulvane,Kansas

[+leejas72]

My Geodog's name is IKE. I'm not able to put pics up here as I don't have a photobucket account...YET! Ike is a purebred German Shepard and loves to run and fetch and just play all the time. I like taking him geocaching with me, when I do caches in the woods I am pretty sure that he could scare away any bears, mountain lions, or non friendly muggles.

That's my story of my Geodog.

Oh and I take my kids sometimes too...lol

[+brodiebunch]

Our dogs are Brodie-a West Highland White Terrier and Molly-a Cairn Terrier. They go with us when we all go and our in a large park. They have no geocaching sniffing out training but they are great companions and are always up for geocaching.

[hurshh]

My dog the Geocacher

 

 

Her name is Geo (that was her name when I found her... Fate huh?)

 

 

Me holding Geo

 

I adopted her from a Humane society.

 

Edited February 6, 2010 by hurshh

[TDCompton]

So nifty to hear about everyone's canine companions so far!

 

Knowschad>> Lol! That would certainly be something wouldn't it?! Using Braxton to guard the area while I get a FTF.. Hmmm..

 

Digitalgoddess>> I am a Correctional Officer in a State Men's Prison, and before that I spent 4 1/2 years behind the console as a 911 Police/Fire/EMS Dispatcher.

 

Hurshh>> How great that her name was already Geo - I love it!

[+CptSchonherr]

Caoimhe has joined us on every cache hunt so far! She sees us grabbing the gear and gets excited and knows we are heading out for some caches.

 

 

Edited February 6, 2010 by CptSchonherr

[+debaere]

My dog, Bailey, goes caching with me all the time. Its a great way to get a walk and an adventure in all at once.

 

[+uxorious]

I plan my cache as often as possible to be dog friendly. I love cache a lot more when the dogs can come and enjoy the hike.

 

The older of the two dogs is also a Belgian Malinois, and one of the best dogs I have ever had. The other one is an Anatolian Shepherd mix. She really looks like an Anatolian, but she only weighs 85 lbs. Most Anatolian go 105 to 150 lbs.

 

Both of these dogs were given to me when they were each about 6 or 7 months old. A couple years apart, but each came from people who had got them, then had a sudden change in life style a month or so later, and had to find new homes for them.

 

Great looking Malinois you have there.

 

(For those that may not know, Malinois is pronounced mal-in-wha)

 

[TDCompton]

Uxorious>> Another Malinois person!! Thanks for the compliment on my boy, when I first took him on I wasn't so sure about his looks (I prefer a more "typical" Fawn/Blk) but once I started working him I fell head over heels for him.. He's incredibly solid in the field and also a good companion here at home. I have had one previous Malinois that is now on IMPD as a patrol unit... I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for a Mali.

[+gatoller]

I cache with my sidekick, Buster. He's a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever who does AKC Rally Obedience on the side. His 'official' name is 'Keepsake's Chance to Shine CGC, RA', but he doesn't stand on much ceremony- where there's mud, he's in it.

 

Buster doing the normal 'bright eyed' thing:

 

 

Buster checking out the cache for some good swag:

 

[+CanadaKate]

Our nine month old Schapendoes almost always goes caching with us. She hasn't figured out why we're so intereted in those ammo cans and plastic containers but she's just happy to be out in the woods with her people.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...37-05c3bc4e80d2

[+CptSchonherr]

I cache with my sidekick, Buster. He's a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ...

Beautiful dog :-)

[uperdooper]

i haven't had the chance to take little Bikhi caching yet.

 

[+minew]

 

Ah I figured it out.... Here is Meeko!

Now I just have to figure out resizing lol sory it's so big

[+GeePa]

 

Here is Piglet the Geo wonder dog. She has been on many caching adventures with me. Of course, being a very small dog, I have had to carry her through some terrain

[+Kacher The Dog]

This is our 8 year old weimaraner Akeira. She loves going hunting with us. No boring walks for us!

[TDCompton]

Gorgeous Weim!

[+Ladybug Kids]

Two or more of our six geoskijoring dogs go with us on any backcountry trip:

 

Mons and Corky atop Chugach Ruby Mine

 

Victor Enjoying Life at South(pointe) Potter Ridge

 

Mesa on the Watch for Ptarmigan and Squirrels at South(pointe) Potter Ridge

 

Our dogs are trained to skijor which comes in handy for quickly covering ground during the winter. Here's a photo of Mesa and Victor working with me on our way to Independent Point of View.

 

Ingrid and Corky On Top of the Bear

[+krasota]

 

Whiskey will follow us anywhere.

[+WHO-DEY]

This is our 8 year old weimaraner Akeira. She loves going hunting with us. No boring walks for us!

 

wow did I think that was a Vizsla....

[+WHO-DEY]

here are a few of my dog, LucyBell. She is a 3 year old Hungarian Vizsla. She LOVES to go with us. She is non-stop the whole time...it is amazing.

 

 

FOLLOW ME!

 

I CAN SMELL IT. IT IS AN AMMO CAN!!!

Edited February 10, 2010 by WHO-DEY

[+Kacher The Dog]

how do I delete this post!

Edited February 9, 2010 by snowberry2

[+Kacher The Dog]

No, Akeira is a lot bigger than a Viszla (though I love them too!) She is the perfect colour for a Weimaraner, but admittedly, big for a girl; though she curls up well on an armchair!

[+WHO-DEY]

No, Akeira is a lot bigger than a Viszla (though I love them too!) She is the perfect colour for a Weimaraner, but admittedly, big for a girl; though she curls up well on an armchair!

 

My error on the color. I am used to seeing Weim's like this.

 

 

More of a silver/smoke. Your girl is beautiful.

Edited February 9, 2010 by WHO-DEY

[+Kacher The Dog]

Akeira's colour changes with the light. Do all Viszlas have long tails or are they usually docked for hunting?

[+VuurVos]

This is Aragon.

[TDCompton]

Ladybug Kids>> Where in AK do you reside? I spent some time living on Chichagof Island in the town of Hoonah, AK. It was a really amazing experience and at times I still wish that I hadn't gotten on that boat to come home.. I will be back up there someday!

[+Castle Mischief]

Our two pups:

 

 

 

That's Jessie on the left (Lab? German Shepard? mix) and Kuma (random Shepard/Boarder Collie mix?) on the right. Snow makes them think they are wolves. Both were rescue/shelter dogs.

 

Kuma:

 

Jessie:

[+Ladybug Kids]

Ladybug Kids>> Where in AK do you reside? I spent some time living on Chichagof Island in the town of Hoonah, AK. It was a really amazing experience and at times I still wish that I hadn't gotten on that boat to come home.. I will be back up there someday!

Anchorage is our current home after stints in Kenai, Valdez, and Fairbanks. We haven't been SE of Ketchikan, yet, but we'll get there. This place is going to take a lifetime to explore.

[TDCompton]

Cattle Mischief>> Love the action shots And yay for rescue dogs!

 

Ladybug Kids>> I agree with ya there, I spent the whole Summer hiking and still didn't get to hit all of the spots on the island I wanted to discover.. I only made it into the mainland for supplies and spent two days in Juneau before I flew home.

[+rottiemommy]

Here's my geocaching K9 Lars. He's a 2 year old Rottweiler and he loves any excuse to go hiking all over the place.

 

 

 

He's my performance super star in the making....we do competition obedience and agility. The boy LOVES to work and agility is his favorite thing on the planet. I don't have any good agility photos or videos yet. Mostly it's just us training and screwing around. But I do have some good ones in rally obedience -

 

 

 

 

[TDCompton]

My Aunt had a Rottie, great dogs.. Big fun babies.

[+GeoHuntin' Jake]

Wonderful pics!

I take my owners out geocaching once in a while. OK, fairly often.

I also like to take my little brother, Halfway Tim.

Here's a picture of he and I:

 

 

We were resting in the back seat of the geomobile after a full day of caching!

[+TAG&theGSD's]

Cool another working dog out there. Errow is also trained in Schutzhund and we do flyball too. I have pictures up of him under my gallery page. He is my caching buddy a good majority of the time.

[+cmatter29]

Here is an old picture of me and Duke at his first cache. He is much bigger at this point and will get some newer pictures on my page one of these days. There seems to be a lot of very nice dogs out there. Stay safe and have fun.

 

[+all done]

Originally thought we would do most of our geocaching via ATV but during the cooler winter we took the truck and brought along the dogs. My wife loves it when we take the dogs so we now geocache more via truck and bring the dogs. "Bo" our black lab and "Maggie" our Golden Retriever mix of course love it when we bring them along. Joked about them finding one before we did some day and Maggie actually found her first one a little while back. Her nicname is sniff by the way so it's no surprise she "sniffed" one out.

GT

Pipeline Putters

[+The magician & his assistant]

My dog even has her own cache! Pics of her in the gallery.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b6-f965229fc757

[+simpjkee]

CHEYENNE LOVES TO GEOCACHE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+jackrock]

Here's my boy Rocky. My dogs have always had backpacks for hiking. Rocky carries his own water. I figure it's fair if he carries his gear and I carry mine. I am glad to not have to carry enough water for both of us. Rocky doesn't care much about caching but he is always up for a romp in the woods so he amuses himself quite well while I search.

 

 

[+TeamRecon5]

Wow those are some beautiful K9's

We got a Mastiff puppy for christmas this last. He is 3 months old and we are already taking him out caching with up. Working on leash breaking, he seems to be a bit reluctant. No matter he will be our caching buddy.

[+Printess Caroline]

Here are our escorts, Durpy and Sparky. Neither of them are interested in caching, but they both enjoy going along.

 

 

Durpy is about 3. The people at the shelter thought she was a Jack Russell / Basenji mix, but there's no way that explains all of her. She loves a good walk, especially if there are some critters along the way.

 

Sparky is an Australian Cattledog. At her age (13), she's not one to enjoy long walks, but she still loves a short walk to a cache and the rest time she gets while we search for it.

[+Chamma]

I've got a beagle mix, named Scooter, that loves to go out. She is ten and has been caching with me in 8-9 different Countries. I try and take her as often as possible. She even has her own TB tag for when we find another cacher on the trail.

[+Wooden Cyclist]

This is Sadie.

 

 

She has no idea why we are in the woods, but she loves to come along with us.

[+GPS Guy]

Kobi has been caching with me since he came into the family over 9 years ago. He's a regular at our geo events around upstate NY. Lucky him, and me. He gets to go with me almost everywhere.

 

I just entered him in a photo contest. Please follow the link and "like" his photo, in order to vote. Thanks!

Vote For Kobi HERE, Please.

 

[+ChileHead]

My goldendoodle goes with me on about 3/4 of my cache finds. Often when signing a cache I'll turn around, and he'll be 5 feet up a fallen tree like this one:

 

 

One time he scared me when he climbed up a fallen tree similar to this one and was about 10 feet off the ground!

[+Sundance Cassidy]

Uxorious>> Another Malinois person!!

 

Shaelyn was my first Belgian Mal....She would have LOVED caching.....I lost her quite a few years ago. I have had 3 Belgians and can't imagine a life without them..... My other 2 are Belgian Sheepdogs (the longhaired black ones) Aztec was a rescue I lost him to cancer 4 years ago......I now have Sundance Cassidy (yep my caching name) who is 2.5years old) he is a little too enthusiastic right now for caching but he is settling down with age.

 

They are wonderful dogs but they definitely need jobs and active pasttimes.