Introducing My Karelian Bear Dog

I'm an avid hiker and where I live bears frequent the trails I hike on. I've always carried bear spray with me as a deterrent but even that's never 100% I always figured one day you'd find me eaten by a bear lol This is one of my older hikes when I didn't have a puppy.

I go over a lot more details about my puppy and what I feed her, train her with etc on my main website. GubbaTV Pet Blog

Growing up I never imagined myself getting my own puppy. I always disliked dogs or at least I thought. It wasn't until I realized it wasn't the dog I didn't like but bad owners that would let their dogs get away with anything. I always hated going over to a friends house and having their dog jump all over me or just be out of control.

I knew getting a puppy myself would be a lot of work. But I wanted better protection from bears and just more safety while out walking trails. I did months of research and decided on a Karelian Bear Dog!

I decided on this bread because they are a working class dog and she does great on long hikes. She's also a big game hunter and is great at deterring bears I might run into on the trails.

Here she is when I first meet her <3

The first few months were hard! The long nights, crate training and just getting used to everything was a huge challenge. Looking back at it though it's been so worth it.

I tell a little about this in one of my new vlogs about how to crate train your puppy

We were pretty much locked up in the house not only because of covid having hit but also because she was too young still to be around other dogs and still needed her shots.

I swear she is the smartest dog ever! Always so curious and learning every day. It's the best feeling coming down stairs to see her in the morning and love on her <3 She amazes me with the new things she learns herself each day.

Months later we finally were able to go on our first hike over the summer. It was AMAZING! I took so many pictures of her!

The hard months of raising her have been totally worth it! My hikes are so much more enjoyable and the protection she offers while I'm on my hikes gives me peace of mind. I'm currently working with her to be off leash. We are a few months in and so far it's paying off big time. I occasionally do Instagram stories of her on my hikes as well if you're interested in checking those out. GubbaTV Instagram

This is my first ever blog post here on Hive besides my introduction post I did here Introduction Post

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