I came in the house, stripped the dogs of harnesses AND collars in front of the washing machine, strip myself, and then decide to take a nap against the side of the machine while it runs. I’ll go upstairs and get the muddy rascals off the bed (where else would they go) as soon as…
Just by chance, while we were running the dogs, someone stopped and took a picture.
Christmas Adventures 1997 with the sled team.
Thanksgiving 1997, we’re gonna mush! Or roll quietly anyway.
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.
