I have moved the past year's animal posts to this new forum so we have a good data base here. If someone wants me to go back farther, I will. It actually took me only about 15 minutes to do this.

I did not move anything that was in "Off Topic," so the cute "Doggonit" joke and the "Dog Names" post have remained in that section. If the post was incidental to another topic (such as mentioning having room for the dog in a post primarily about tents), I left it where it was.

If someone remembers posting about other four-legged hiking buddies (llamas, goats, burros, cats, etc.) in the past year and wants their post moved to the new section, please let me know.