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Dogs on Snowdon
Q. Are you to (can you) take your dogs on the walk (tourist path) to the top of Snowdon?
Rachael Wilkinson, Nottingham
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A. You're likely to find quite a few people taking their doggies up Snowdon.
The answer, though, depends to large extent on the capabilities of your dog and how well controlled he/she is.
Your average fit pooch should be OK on most of the routes, though it might be best to stay off scrambles like Crib Goch unless you and the dog are used to scrambly routes.
I've had several experience of dogs slithering off scrambly bits due to them not being at all scared of heights - the worst costing me £70 in vets fees.
I would recommend keeping Fido on an extendable lead - specially when its close to lambing time - just need to be careful that nobody can trip over the lead.
Mike Knipe, Crook
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A. My dog Dexter (greyhound) does a lot of walking with me, however the last time we did some scrambling on Arran he got a bit scared of the heights and of getting his legs stuck in between the rocks.
At the end he was a bit bruised in certain sensitive areas and I ended up having to carry him for several hundred metres. Him being around 35 kilos.
So I only take him on non scrambling walks or by pass the scrambles. He has written a short book?!! about his travels that includes routes and dog friendly pubs etc. Hope to get it published when he gets more walks done.
Robert McMillan, Auchinleck
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A. My dog Penny climbed Snowdon, going up from Rhyd Ddu - walk gw107 Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) & Yr Aran from Rhyd Ddu
