Mountainsmith Dog Pack - Medium

This is a really well made dog pack and fits my young Alaskan Malamute very well. I wanted to buy one that had a chest strap to prevent the pack from sliding backwards on her back, so I could make sure the weight she's carrying is more towards the front of her body, over her shoulders and front legs, rather than putting pressure on her back. The only down side about this pack is that the back buckle sometimes comes undone as she walks/runs, and after a long walk I typically have to re-adjust the front chest strap as well to keep the pack from sliding backwards on her back too far. But otherwise it's a great pack--made of durable canvas, with very nice sized pockets on both sides as well as an external pocket for doggie bags.

Positive; Overall my dog loves wearing the pack and going for hikes with it. When he sees the pack come out he knows it's time for us to get out for a walk. Negative; I'm going to have to do something with the protective fleece that covers the straps. I will have to put better fleece on the straps that will cover more of the straps & buckles.

Now my dog can carry his own water. Very nice pack, my dog loves it.

I tried to use this on my 60 lb dog. It fit well but fell apart. The breast strap clips barely hold and repeatedly un-clipped from either correcting the dog or brushing up against rocks or bushes. The straw that broke the camel's back was the fact that one of the straps that goes along the belly ripped off entirely. If you examine the straps, there are cinch straps to compress the two main compartments that appear to continue into a seam and out into the belly straps. Don't be fooled this isn't a continuous strap and is where the failure occurred. This happened within the first 3 miles of a 10 mile trip. Save your money and buy something else.

We bought these for several dogs. All seemed to be comfortable with the packs in minutes. After several trips, no rubbing noted. The pads do fall off easily when the paks are removed.