Gus Up Close & Personal

Augustus McCrae's Mom · 2009-10-11

Here's the last of the pictures from today's hike. Gus is passed out!

Karen519

· #2 · Oct 12, 2009

Gus

Gus is just breathtaking!

What a gorgeous boy!

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missmarstar

· #3 · Oct 12, 2009

He's very handsome!! I notice he holds his ears back like Sam does!

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Oaklys Dad

· #4 · Oct 12, 2009

It takes a good dog mom to give her boy enough exercise to make his tongue that darned long. He looks like he had a wonderful day.

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mm03gn

· #5 · Oct 12, 2009

I don't think he could be smiling any bigger!! What a happy boy

Thanks for sharing - made me smile too!

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Packleader

· #6 · Oct 12, 2009

I love those pearly whites!! Handsome boy he is.

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Augustus McCrae's Mom

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 12, 2009

Thanks everybody!

missmarstar said:
He's very handsome!! I notice he holds his ears back like Sam does!

I never noticed that before, but I guess he does!

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coppers-mom

· #8 · Oct 12, 2009

What a handsome happy boy.
Where were you? Up on the blueridge parkway somewhere?
Looks like you had a good day.

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Merlins mom

· #9 · Oct 12, 2009

Great pics and I liked the other hiking pictures you posted too! Where were you guys? Love the openness of the fields and hills so you can see what's coming towards you!

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Augustus McCrae's Mom

Discussion Starter · #10 · Oct 12, 2009

Merlins mom said:
Great pics and I liked the other hiking pictures you posted too! Where were you guys? Love the openness of the fields and hills so you can see what's coming towards you!

We were at Black Balsam Knob, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway (between Brevard and Asheville).

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Merlins mom

· #11 · Oct 12, 2009

Augustus McCrae's Mom said:
We were at Black Balsam Knob, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway (between Brevard and Asheville).

It looks really nice! Is it a park? There weren't any problems being offleash? It's a drive for us, but it just looks so nice.

We were thinking of going camping soon anyway!

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EvilNessCroft

· #12 · Oct 12, 2009

Looks like he had a great day!

Gus is really handsome!

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Augustus McCrae's Mom

Discussion Starter · #13 · Oct 12, 2009

Merlins mom said:
It looks really nice! Is it a park? There weren't any problems being offleash? It's a drive for us, but it just looks so nice. We were thinking of going camping soon anyway!

It's part of Pisgah National Forest, but I don't think it's a part of any specific park. No problems being off leash, with it being so open, we could see anyone coming and put him back on the leash if needed. Almost everyone we passed that had dogs had theirs off leash too, so I think most people do it. I would never do it if it were just me and Gus, but my husband's got a magic whistle, and Gus will stop whatever he's doing and run back!

Here's a website I found with info: http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/pisgah/black.html. It says you can camp anywhere as long as the campsite already exists. There were a couple we passed that had beautiful views! We were hiking on the Art Loeb Trail, but we probably only went a mile or two in and then came back, so I bet there are plenty of campsites. Let me know if you go. I'd love to try it out too.

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HovawartMom

· #14 · Oct 12, 2009

Handsome boy!.

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Merlins mom

· #15 · Oct 12, 2009

Thanks Marjory!! We're more "car camp" people, so I don't think we'd use the back country camp sites. More than likely we'd camp at a nearby campground then hike out. We bring way to much stuff!

I rarely do off leash by myself either (well, I did at the beach recently). I'm always more comfortable with DH along!

Thanks for the link!

Augustus McCrae's Mom said:
It's part of Pisgah National Forest, but I don't think it's a part of any specific park. No problems being off leash, with it being so open, we could see anyone coming and put him back on the leash if needed. Almost everyone we passed that had dogs had theirs off leash too, so I think most people do it. I would never do it if it were just me and Gus, but my husband's got a magic whistle, and Gus will stop whatever he's doing and run back!

Here's a website I found with info: http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/pisgah/black.html. It says you can camp anywhere as long as the campsite already exists. There were a couple we passed that had beautiful views! We were hiking on the Art Loeb Trail, but we probably only went a mile or two in and then came back, so I bet there are plenty of campsites. Let me know if you go. I'd love to try it out too.