This is a list of lessons learned by a beginner dog driver in the Southern United States. Nothing more. Understand that most lessons are learned from bruises and scrapes and contusions — the drivers’. (Originally published in The Wolfer, 1997.) No one says Mush! except movie stars. Buy good stuff. Buy equipment built for the…
How not to use a bike helmet when running dogs.
Carting is a hoot! The only problem you may have is getting the dog to move in a walk. There are two types of carting. There is draft-work carting where the dog stays in a walk. This is usually a two-wheeled cart with shafts like a horse-drawn wagon hooked to a BIG dog, St. Bernard,…
Secure sleddogs in the back of a truck under a camper shell with a DIY tiedown system.
On top of the camper shell ladder racks. I got a set of ladder racks for the camper shell, but my sled would fall (did fall) between them and could (didn’t) damage the shell, so I designed a sled rack that would: Keep the sled off the shell, and Guide the sled as I pushed…
How to haul those sleddogs from trailhead and dogshow. The team got bigger, the trails got more ambitious. We needed an upgrade.
