I was out on a group walk a few days ago and 2 local dogs decided to join us for the 12km, 550m ascent circuit. By the second summit the snub nosed one was wheezing like a steam train, and one of the group took pity on it. The dog seemed happy to be carried for a km over cut brash! Then we got a heavy rain storm and the thick coated Alsation cross was jumping round in the puddles to cool off.