Breeders, like show judges, have to make choices, because there are no perfect Malamutes. Every Malamute has faults. How we choose our breeding dogs reflects our priorities, just as much as how we choose our dogs in the ring. But in the ring a judge has two minutes to make his decision about a dog. …
Doggie Backpacks 34/63 degrees F, another CRISP morning. Walked Emmer & Yodel for a half mile to the firehall, and back. It was an intensive training session, both of them learning to walk loose leash AND learning to walk in tandem, but like with mama Mensa & baby Tok, they figured it out. We went…
First Day of Spring 43/62 degrees F, another CRISP morning. Spring Cleaning with a vengeance. Brother Matt is plowing fields next door before putting in corn, lots of corn. I whipped through the kennels, bleached everything like a mad woman, took down the ragged shade tarps. Hormones are running rampant. Downloaded the OLD wayeh web…
Tok meets her medium green Wenaha backpack for the first time.
Mensa meets the Wenaha backpack for the first time.
3mph 33/58 degrees F, it was CRISP when we left this morning. Timed our “walk” today. Fed the dogs at 0800. Left at 0938, came back at 1040. We traveled a shade over 3 miles. With a short water break halfway. I’m calling it a walking pace of 3mph over the flat. We changed up…
Every good training program has gotta start with training goals. AMCA Backpacking WPD (spring & fall) Alyosha & Bayou, Sailor & Mensa IWPA Weightpull WD (fall & winter) Cheers, Mensa, Bayou, Gypsy, Yuki & Alyosha Backpacking (WPD) Spring & Fall Working Pack Dog, offered through the AMCA, constitutes 30 miles, 1 overnight, in at least…
Rain predicted this afternoon, so spent the morning hiking with the dogs. Walked a mile with each, Cheers, Poppet, & Mensa/Tok. To Roddy Road and back. Working on loose leash walking. Much easier on my legs since I REALLY felt it the next day after the 6.6 miles I inadvertently did on Tuesday. Installed Google…
Backpacking/Hiking/Camping Routes 2019.
Training Logs 2019 – Backpacking, Rally-Obedience, & Weightpull.
