Border Collies and Backpacking in Western Colorado

I drove down to New Mexico 3 and a half years ago to get Maggie, as a companion for my old Border Collie Bud. My other young dog, Ben, came the next July because of behavior problems at my exwife's home.

Both dogs started backpacking with me as soon as they where pups. Both smelled fresh grizzly tracks when they were in their first year.

The youth of these two dogs has affected my outlook on life, made me feel younger. There is nothing so great as loading my pack with food and water and heading down a canyon trail with these two dogs, as we did a couple of weeks ago in far Western Colorado, almost to Utah.

I have a long way to go with these two dogs in front of me, leading the way. It will be a trail filled with freedom, beauty, and friendship, in the mountains and canyons of the West.

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