Quote Originally Posted by bighornbob View Post
Read an article about a guy who used his dog for packing all the time. I think he said he went to about 1/3 their body weight. The dog packed half his gear. He said do not put anything that you need to survive on the dogs back. he once put his sleeping bag on the dog and dog laid down in a puddle to cool off and his bag got soaked.

He always wondered how much his dog could carry but he said even when he thought the dog was completely loaded down, the mutt would still run off the trail chasing every ground squirrel it saw over a week long hunt. So he figured it was not that heavy for the dog.

BHB
If the dog is dinking around......load it up some more.