A 160-pound Great Pyrenees needed help from rescuers recently when the dog refused to keep walking on a trail at Saddle Mountain due to raw, cut paws, the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District said.
The dog was hiking on Saddle Mountain last Friday "when he suddenly refused to keep walking, the fire district said in a Sunday Facebook post. "The poor baby's paws were raw/cut and needed assistance down." "Although Saddle Mountain signage and the State Park website states that dogs are allowed but must be on a leash, it is not very dog-friendly," the fire district's post said. "Over the years, we have had several calls for dogs that needed assistance off the mountain due to dehydration or cut/raw paw pads."
In addition, they pointed out, "The trail has copious amounts of welded wire fencing on the ground to provide traction and stability of the trail. Many of these sharp wires are sticking straight up."