One of our outdoor activities is hunting edible wild mushrooms in National Forests. Another is taking walks to and in local parks. My dogs are much safer in the woods than on our city walks, that's how I feel anyhow. Our local city area has lots of coyotes, bald eagles and other bigger dogs. Oddly, seems to be fewer of all of those in the woods or they are very wary of people in the woods and just stay away.
This last year we spent about 60 days total hunting. I've got a 15 lbs, 7 lbs, 5.3 lbs and a 5 lbs pups, I take one to three of them with me on each multi day trip. They spend most of their time off leash since we are usually well off of any trail and rarely encounter other people.
I wouldn't bother getting a pack for them to carry, they're just so small and what they could carry wouldn't amount to much so you can easily carry it. It would be a cutesy thing but, I just don't think it is feasible for this size of dog. Decades ago, I did take a lab with it's pack for 50 milers, that was feasible.
I use a small tuna can for their water bowl and offer them water often. I use a plastic "chip dip" container with lid for their food. One thing I noticed is they seem to eat less while out camping so I stir a little peanut butter in with their food, hence the bowl with a lid helps keep that nice, neat and quick to offer it to them often as well. I just use a gallon size ziplock bag for the dog food supply to refill their bowl. Our longest trip was 10 days, essentially car camping moving from area to area and hiking into the woods to search for wild edible mushrooms. |