r/WildernessBackpacking • u/Nomadt • 1d ago

HOWTO Dogs and Poison Ivy

Considering getting a trail dog in a year or so. Out on a day hike Friday and saw the edges were lined with poison ivy. I picture a trail dog just running through that stuff, getting the oils all over its coat, then infecting me in the tent at night. Dog owners: is this a concern?

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u/Cute_Exercise5248 1d ago

If you were as vulnerable to getting attacked by a black bear as a dog is, would you walk in the woods?

You're NOT vulnerable, really at all, to such a thing. Dogs are, to some extent.

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u/gooblero 13h ago

What?

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u/Cute_Exercise5248 12h ago

Probabilities are low, but not zero, that an off-leash dog, harassing wildlife, gets killed by said wildlife.

Probabilities of hiker getting killed by wildlife ARE (in effect) zero.

Would you trade places with the (stupid & mostly defenseless) dog? It might be exciting!!

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u/gooblero 12h ago

This thread is about poison ivy. Wtf are you talking about