[Gocamino] Dogs on the camino

[Charles O'Brien]

Taking a dog on the Camino would be an extremely poor idea, especially
for your dog. Every single day your dog will be traveling through strange
territory which, especially in the country and small villages, has already
been "staked out" by other, possibly larger and more aggressive dogs. Your
first encounter with a dog protecting a flock of sheep will demonstrate this
most effectively. Why subject your best friend to that sort of tension?

Chuck
(Pamplona-Santiago '98)

On 11/28/06, Kinsey Oleman <casharus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Do you have more information on dogs on the camino?
> I'm wanting to Camino again this fall and was hoping
> to do some hospitalero time. I got myself a puppy last
> fall, he's really helped with my depression and I'm
> loathe to leave him for very long at all. That and he
> whines non-stop when I'm gone, we're quite attached. I
> know that dogs aren't allowed in hostels, so I was
> wondering if anyone has information on walking with
> their dogs.
>
> kinsey
>
> --- blaroli at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello you all,
> > My dear e-friend Dave (our GoCamino listserv "M),
> > who doesn't let me get away with anything, has just
> > reminded me that a couple of years ago I was
> > agitating for some form of official recognition for
> > those dogs who've made the walk to Santiago....
> > sometimes from as far away as Germany, Austria and
> > Holland.
> > Well, it is perfectly true, but I really just wanted
> > some sort of a commemorative Santiago medal that
> > could be affixed to their collars, sort-of like the
> > St. Francis medals that we affix today.
> >  I'm grateful to Dave for bringing the matter up. At
> > the next general meeting of the Archconfraternity
> > that I attend I'm going to screw-up the courage to
> > bring the issue up, fairly confident that I'll find
> > sufficient dog-lover pilgrims willing to fund the
> > proposal (already a few New York friends have
> > offered their $$$ help).
> > I may add that when one goes to Jerusalem as a
> > pilgrim the tourist office there will give a
> > "certificate of visit" to anyone who requests it.
> > But, when one goes to the church of the Holy
> > Sepulcher and wishes a memorial document bearing
> > one's name the priests will only grant one after one
> > has attended Mass and taken Communion.
> > While many Santiago pilgrims are neither Catholic,
> > nor particularly religious, the information provided
> > by the Pilgrims' office unfailingly shows that among
> > those pilgrims who receive the Compostela more than
> > 90% undertook the pilgrimage for religious or
> > religious/cultural reasons.
> > My own pilgrimages have been primarily religious, as
> > have been those of most of the pilgrims I know.  My
> > very dear e-mail friend, Kat Gower, recently
> > undertook part of a pilgrimage in France as a plea
> > for the recovery of my recent back injuries.
> > Thanks a million millions, Kat. Your devotion
> > worked. In fact, it worked so well that I even went
> > waltzing last night in this delicious Vienna!
> >
> > Big hug to you all,
> >
> > Rosina
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rebrites at yahoo.com
> > To: casharus at yahoo.com; GoCamino at oakapple.net
> > Sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 4:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Children on the camino
> >
> >
> > I think communion is between the communee and
> > whatever
> > significance he attaches to the moment and the
> > medium.
> > It's a lot like a Compostela. To some it's just a
> > piece of paper; to others it is the culmination of
> > their entire hike, a much-appreciated official seal
> > of
> > community.
> >
> > Children really dig the community and the Official
> > Approval Certificate aspect of the Compostela, I am
> > sure...It's like winning a ribbon in the school
> > science fair. I imagine it's especially hard for a
> > child to accept not getting the paper if his bigger
> > brother or sister get one and he doesn't. It's not
> > FAIR!
> >
> > I think the unfairness is that some tour operators
> > take their 4-star customers on van-supported daily
> > hikes on selected bits of camino trail, then run
> > hither and yon with a handful of credencials
> > collecting sellos for them. At the end of the trail
> > the hikers are herded into the cathedral office with
> > their pristine credencials and handed the same
> > compostela given to long-distance hikers.
> > ...but then pikers and hustlers have been a part of
> > the trail for centuries!
> >
> > I don't object to supported hikers; I was a camino
> > tourist myself a while back. But now that I have a
> > sello (a right nice one, I might add!)  I am careful
> > who I give it to. One per customer. And any little
> > kid
> > who's hiking that far is first in line!
> >
> >
> >
> >
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