Hexamid and dogs

Take my 80 pound Boxer on trips and use Solo Plus Hexamid with screen, and Cuben floor. On one weekend trip I used polycro for floor he ripped it up, and had a small rip in the screen floor. No problems with the Cuben bathtub floor..

I have the cuben floor! Nice! Well, I may be rethinking shelter options this season!

Anyone else?

I used the hexamid with chuck for about a year – the floor was fine and no problem at all. I had a problem with the single wall with him tho.

The floor was fine – neither the cuben nor the net were harmed by his 80 pound self.

By the way, I've had several cuben-floored shelters over the years and he's never punctured any of them. Now, my exped mats on the other hand……

What was your problem with the single wall with your guy? Neb has been in single wall TTs, I have two…was there something specific about the Hexamid?

well…

Chuck is huge – a ton of hair:

He also does the stand up, spin around three times, then lay back down thing every morning…

So if there is even a teensy bit of condensation on the tent walls he brushes all of that all over himself – then shakes himself dry. All over me.

GOOD MORNING!

Neb's always trying to sleep on me. Even if I bring a pad for him, oh no…he's a suck :)

He is a husky mix, but we think his dad was a terrier as he's only 38lbs (mom was a husky/beagle/lab). He's incredibly powerful for his size, but that's another matter.

I think he'd be okay with the single wall in that sense. He's fine in the TTs. Though, I could see him leaning out and getting his butt wet if it were raining.

My dog Cyrus and I have spent more than 30 nights in a Duplex with no floor problems at all.

His nails are naturally long because we are very often doing outdoor things and he needs them for climbing over stuff, so I don't clip them. But despite the fact that they're long, normal abrasion from rocks and logs keeps them smooth at their tips. He weighs about 60 lbs. He was a little confused by the screen at first and tried to walk through it, then pawed at it but never damaged it. He understands now that he just needs to look at me and whine and I'll let him out.

In fact we were out just last night on one of the many quick overnighters I enjoy doing for little snapshot gear tests and tweaks. Best thing you can do is take your guy camping a lot to get used to the bump-in-the-night sounds and thunderstorms. We had pretty strong thunderstorms from about 2am to 5am and Cyrus never moved a muscle. First time, though, the thunder scared the crap out of him even when it was still many miles away.

Why do I go into these dog threads when I can't have a dog? It just makes me want to change my lifestyle to the point where I can actually have a dog. Anyway good info for years from now!

Oh Neb is fine in a tent, and an UL tent…he's been on a bunch of backpacking and canoe trips, and car camping (which is the only camping my husband will do).

Just no camping in my Hexamid :)

He's bomb proof in thunderstorms. I was more worried about him trying to hunt through the mesh of the Hexamid since he'll have such better sightlines.

OK, well having the door panels pulled close together should limit that somewhat.

Pitching lower will help, and is better IMO because it puts less stress on the mesh in the corners.

Good point. I'll fool around with it some before I put him (and me) in it. Excited to take him out in it now, I'd consigned it to 'non-dog' trips!