i met hitchikers that had their dog with them. they told me they took him every summer when the hitched around.
I take my dogs with me everywhere I go. It doesn't seem fair that they should sit at home while I am out enjoying the world. They can climb almost anything I can climb and go almost anywhere I can go, and the places they can't climb and go by themselves, I help them.
i always have my to little mice with me if i go backpacking, but they are also so small, but not if i'm going out of the country.. they won't let them come with me..