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Goose says "lost gold? how many dog treats can i get if i find it?" — Today I had a nice relaxing hike with my main man Goose. We had a late start this morning so we did not get to the trail head till 9 am. We didn’t waist any time and got right to the trail. Goose was rocking his Ruffwear Approach Pack , he […]

Lost Goldmine Trail

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The mountains are calling — My friend and I decided to do a nice little hike in the Superstition mountains yesterday, and it proved to us that being prepared in the “wilderness” is a big deal. Even though it was only a 5/6 mile hike you can still get turned around. We hiked the Garden […]

Lost… but not Lost!

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first water TH to Second water TH — Im finally sitting down this morning with coffee in hand to log all the fantastic trails i have got to do so far this fall. And Im so lucky to have been able to hike them with our new friends and there amazing dogs. So First water trail, is located […]

First Water trail to Second Water trail

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goldmine trail — Had a nice short hike up the Goldmine Trail at the San Tan Mountain Regional Park . I took Goose and my daughter, it was early October and the mornings were finally starting to cool down a bit. Once we reached the top we got to enjoy the sunrise.

Good Morning Goldmine Trail

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lower salt river — I know if i went into detail about living in the desert with your dog, I would end up with a novel. So I thought shorten it up to the 5 major things people ask me about when living in the desert with dogs and how we stay so cool. […]

Keeping cool in the Desert

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massacre falls hike az — Massacre Falls, what a appropriately named hike to do a few days before Halloween. It started out like every hike does a early morning cup of coffee and the pups eating their breakfast. I decided I would take two dogs this time normally when I go out I can only […]

Group Hike to Massacre Falls

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trail head, arizona, hiking, dogs, rescue dogs, aussie, terrier, pitbull, trail head — It was a brisk early morning Goose and I headed out, I with coffee in hand to go off on a hike in the Superstition Mountains with our friend and her two dogs Chipper and Quinci. It was a new trail one I never hiked before so i was really […]

One tough Hike

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hieroglyphics tail — Early morning hikes are rough to wake up for but the reward out ways the groggy feeling once you get your blood pumping on the trail. Yesterday morning i was awakened to my phone alarm 6am… thats not to bad. I rushed to make my cup of coffee and to […]

Hiking the Hieroglyphics Trail

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German Shepherd — Welcome to Dusty Desert Dogs! I think the best way to start things off is with some quick introductions of the dogs that inspired this blog and make my life whole. It all started off with a red dog. My husband and I new we wanted to rescue a dog […]

Meet the Dogs of Dusty Desert Dogs

This entry was posted in The Dogs of Dusty Desert Dogs and tagged australian shepherd blog camping with dogs cattle dog desert dog blog dog health dogs german shepherd happy gotcha day health hiking with dogs pet pet blog rescue dogs ruffwear training on October 23, 2015 by kerriirwin1212@gmail.com