I really hate the red ones. Especially the red ones who go deaf. But only go deaf when they have dumped you off the cart when they went over a ditch. A ditch, mind you, that they have gone over a hundred times since September. OK, maybe not a hundred. Closer to 95 times. It…
Took A Team, Malamutes Tom & Singer in lead, Bess & Brandi at swing, Rebel & Jazz @ wheel. Actually got the team to cross the highway when I asked at Clacks Crossing. So we ran down the grassy strip to the Firehall, Roddy Road across the railroad tracks, then north on Old Dixie Lee,…
Tom & Singer, Bess & Brandi, Jazz & Rebel. We started off normally and took a left at Antique Lane — Tom still not sure of his turns but he will come out the exact same way he went in without cues. Went up the driveway, passed 2 houses. Took a left on Heritage Trail,…
Couldn’t Wait Tomorrow might not come. The sun dropped below the ridges at 7 pm. I hooked up the fledgling Team B (4 6mo puppies & 2 retired old farts) and what the heck, we were OUTA HERE! Nu and John like to go along the grassy side of the highway. It’s much easier on…
Fifty degrees. Woke up shivering, and knew it was The Day. Last night I prepared for running the big team, not just training pairs. Hauled out the 3-wheeled training rig (110# loaded for bear, and we don’t have bears, sheesh). Oiled everything, checked tire pressure. Gonna have to repaint since this paint job didn’t last…
Up at 6 am and decided that the weather was never going to drop into the 50s like I have waited for (Tennessee) so I was going to do something about the dogs not getting harness time and me not getting in shape. See if you put dogs and harnesses into an exercise program, it…
I don’t like to think that one day can make up for the next — to do that would be to invite some really crappy days running the dogs because most of them, despite public opinion surveys, are sublime. This was one of those days. Singer has never been hooked to the Sacco cart. Hence…
It’s me, OK, there’s never going to be an easy way of running the dogs. And it’s usually going to be me who gets dinged up. And if there is a way to wreck a cart or sled, I have come up with it. Or will invent it. I was lulled into a false sense…
Nephew Jordan and Niece Allison and several very interested neighborhood kids came out to watch us running the 3-wheeled cart in the snow (slush) — Jordan went along for rides, to be a dog-handler, and to take his turn driving. 6 miles for Team Wayeh – John (red) & Nu (black) in lead; Summer (gray)…
Participants: Team Asgard (Malamutes & Alaskan Huskies). Team Clink (Malamutes & GSD/Malamutes). Team Wayeh & Sleddog Rescue (Malamutes & Siberians). (Click on picture for larger version) Team Wayeh (black Malamute Tom T., Gray Malamute Summer at wheel. Red Siberian John & black Siberian Nu at lead.)