When I first started pondering such things as bugging-out, bugging-in, and all things survival I began to look at dogs for protection, hunting, companionship and so on.

Later, when I injured my back I started reading about draft dogs.

A well trained draft dog and cart could be something to think about depending on the type of terrain in your area.

When people think about dogs doing draft work, usually the first and about the only thing that comes to mind are sled dogs. However, there are a bunch of different breeds in a wide variety of regions of the world that are used as draft animals.

Of course that means you have an extra mouth to feed, which could be more than you want. And you have to train the dog as well, of course.

Just a thought.