Last year we received an email from Maria Christina Schultz sharing her story of learning how to stand up paddle with her dog Riley (aka “the SUP PUP”). Her story spoke of a desire to take up a new sport and it had to be one that Riley – her Australian Shepherd sidekick - could […]
Whitney “ALLGOOD” LaRuffa and his lab Karluk are long distance hikers and Ruffwear Ambassadors based in the Pacific Northwest. Together they have been busy this winter both hiking as well as sharpening their ski touring and mountaineering skills. With big goals this season, ALLGOOD shared with us some of his training and preparation plans for […]
Like most great products, many Ruffwear products are born while trying to provide a solution to a need or problem. The K-9 Float Coat™ is no exception. After a near miss while running the Kern River with his dog Otis, Ruffwear’s founder, Patrick Kruse, saw an opportunity to design a life jacket for dogs that […]
Ruffwear teamed up with Meghan and Pretzel for their Sylvan Sport Go With Me tour. 5 weeks into their trip, Meghan sent us a note to update us on how life on the road has been with Pretzel. Here’s what she had to say! Pretzel and I are now 5 weeks into the Swift Paws […]
One of the great elements of working for Ruffwear is the opportunity to collaborate with partners who are dedicated to preserving and protecting our earth’s wild places. The Conservation Alliance is one of these organizations that we are proud to call a partner. The Conservation Alliance was founded in 1989 with a mission to engage […]
Do you feel a sense of freedom when staring at a map or atlas, knowing that you can just pick any one of the roads you see, hop on it and let it take you to somewhere new? This feeling of freedom is why road trips have long been a favorite activity for adventurers worldwide. […]
For most of the US, spring is in full effect. Now that the snow line is receding and the daylight hours are increasing, many of us are planning our running training calendars, long distance mountain bike rides, peak-bagging missions and other fitness goals. We realize that to accomplish our goals, we need to train and […]
