Category Archives: Dog Tales
Tips for Training for Hiking Season – by Ruffwear Ambassador Whitney “ALLGOOD” LaRuffa
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 […]
The Inspiration Behind the K-9 Float Coat™
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 […]
Dog Friendly Road Trip Destinations
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. […]
Tales From Svalbard
When we received this letter from Nicole and Roger telling their tale of adventure inspired by a spontaneous decision to trek in the backcountry of Svalbard with their dog Zorro, the first thing we had to do is look up where Svalbard is! It happens to be an archipelago in the Arctic sea about halfway […]
Ruffwear Attends WBR Avalanche Rescue Dog School
In January, three Ruffwear employees got the opportunity to head to Utah to attend the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue (WBR) International Avalanche Rescue Dog School. Started in 1982 and held once every other year since, this school is hosted by WBR – a professional organization incorporated in 1977 with the goal of providing life saving rescue […]
What Will You do With Your Extra Hour? #myextrahour
What does daylight saving time mean to you? We like to think that daylight savings is a time to celebrate the season to come…a season with longer days that allow for more time to spend outdoors doing the activities we love. An extra hour of daylight means more opportunities to take our dogs out after […]
