Since it’s unwise to put a beacon on a dog that might get mistaken for a person in a slide does anyone make a beacon for dogs that works on a different frequency?
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Since it’s unwise to put a beacon on a dog that might get mistaken for a person in a slide does anyone make a beacon for dogs that works on a different frequency?
Ortovox made (makes?) a ski maus that transmitts on a different freq. It was ment to be attached to your ski but i'm sure you could put it on a dog. Then you need a reciever that will recieve the maus freq. Some M1s (I think it's the M1) had the maus freq. mine does. Do a search, this has beed discussed before.
cross post with the other curent thread http://www.basegear.com/sossbbeacon.html
Ortovox has a Dog transmitter but it appears to be a send only unit that works on the same freq. as a normal beacon.
http://www.ortovox.com/eng/start_05.htm
You could find some old beacons that tranmit on the old frequency, I think it was 275. My practice beacon is a dual frequency Arva and I had a really old Pieps that just crapped out on me last year.
Shouldn't it be "Dog Transmutter"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
It's only unwise if you think a dog's life is less valuable than a person's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
They are less valuable than a human life. Never gonna hear somebody say they were glad they found their dog rather than their partner.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I've got news for you...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountainman
You definitely won't hear that if you're the partner that's buried :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountainman
SOS makes a doggy transmitter, but only an SOS beacon will be able to catch the signal.
how about just a light weight float cord attached like a vest or to the collar (collar not advisable due to strangulation potential). it should work if you could be sure that it was strong enough to withstand the slide. i think it would be better than nothing. atleast the pooch has a chance of getting found.
if i had a dog out with me, i'd use a hunting collar like the upland guys use. it lets you know where your dog is by beeps and also lets you know when he has stopped moving. you can't hear it thru the snowpack but it's easier to keep track of him that way.
....you are MINE now! you belong to ME!Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva
On a side note, I have heard first hand of a few complete dog burials that survived more than 30 min. (one was 3 hours) without neurological deficit after they were dug out (no brains fried).
Perhaps the poochies are just calm and relaxed while buried?
My dog has been hit twice by small slides but never buried, but he always looks visibly shaken.
If your only backcountry traveling partner is your dog, then why the hell are you in avalanche terrain?
I have the feeling that the dog that survived the burial on Quandary Peak would like to tell his master, "Don't bring me back to ski with you when you put my life in danger, and I don't know the difference." Beacon or no beacon......
Well, to quote your boss, "That's where the good skiing is." Another thing he said was "To avoid being in a car accident, you should never drive a car - alone or not." The message was that you can become lazy, fat, slow and old before your time if you don't go out in live life. There is nothing more dangerous to your existance than being afraid of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacksaw
I would just like to say that I do not heart your avatar.
Rational person's response: "Yeah, I fucked up that time."Quote:
Originally Posted by duph