Townsend says, “We travel so much as professional skiers, so we kind of need a portable dog.” Townsend is best known for his online web series, The Fifty, which follows him on his quest to climb and descend all of the ski lines featured in the book, Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America. His partner, Saugstad, won the overall title on the 2008 Freeride World Tour (FWT) — the top big mountain competition circuit — and she is a two-time Powder Magazine Best Female Performance winner; she stands amongst the best to ever click into a pair of skis.
“One of the cutest things is just watching Cody with Theo,” Saugstad says. “Theo is this adorable little dog and Cody just melts for him.” She says that when grown men walk by and see Theo, they can’t help but comment on his indisputable cuteness. Saugstad continues, “If we’re in a public place and walking around with him, he’s this tiny, proud little dog … a proud little walker, he likes to get his strut on.”
