ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Avid outdoors-men, women and children who regularly hit the trails with their canine companions learned a back-country survival hack at the Eagle River Nature Center Sunday.

The lesson — how to rescue your dog if it gets caught in a fur trap. ERNC says this is an important skill to have in a state where trapping is such a popular activity.

Only a handful of people showed up for the training at the outdoor education center; but a smaller turnout means more practice, and less taking turns.

Eagle River resident Aurora Kreiner, 7, returned to the program for the second year in a row.

“I learned how to rescue my dog named…