This is Run #8 : a short 4 mile run as it was too warm to go any further but the excitement was my new gangline from Canadog Supply. I have just been using a rope gangline for the last year but this makes it difficult to change your team numbers. If I want to go from running 6 dogs to running 8 I have to make a new rope gangline. With this new one I just add a section or remove a section to go with less dogs and away we go. Also on this run young Fox Trot shows off some major leader talent as she pulls a more experienced leader Gee when asked. I'll be keeping my eye on her.
This is Run #9: Gage was doing a project in school based on the Flat Stanley Books. He had a Flat Pen Pal (Kaeli) from California visiting for a month. Flat Kaeli got to experience all sorts of things here in Bezanson but I am sure she'll never forget mushing dogs with Gage. On this day we also had a flat on the quad...luckily my father in law lives close and was able to pump it up for me so I could carry on my way..but not before my mother in law got tripped by a 9 dog team and their gangline..SORRY =)
The sunrise off my deck the morning of Run #9
Run #11: Nice trail..off the roads finally. Chased a cow moose, lost my water bowls, found a glove I lost during run #9. Had to water the dogs with my hands..BRRRR..chilly fingers and seen a stray cow.
Run #12: I LOVED this run...the sunrise, dogs breath making fog around them. It was a real peaceful morning and the dogs were running exceptionally well. As you can see I found the lost water bowls. Young Fox Trot proves to me that last time was not a fluke. When asking my two most experienced leaders to Gee they decide to argue with me...Fox Trot steps up from swing position and pulls the team in the right direction. Needless to say she definitely has my attention now and receives extra ear scratchings and 2 milk bones for a job well done.
Run # 13: Snake Pit run. Not sure of distances for any of these runs because I have borrowed my mom's quad and the odometer doesn't work. I think I had this clocked at 8 miles last spring.
Two young leaders up front for the whole run on new trails. Fox Trot and Jazz prove to be a great combination..very good listeners. Found these new trough like rubber water bowls that are big enough so the dogs can share. They are much nicer to pack on the quad than my nine little round ones that refused to stay on the quad in the bumpy fields and the dogs seem to like them.
My good girls. These sisters were 2 in July and they rocked the trails on this day.
1 more mile and the team is moving beautifully
Today was Run #14: It was a crisp -4 C this morning and I had to break up the ice on the dogs water buckets. Lucy and Jitterbug were my leaders today and I really challenged them on their commands today. In an open field where we usually only travel right along the edge I asked them to leave the trail and then get back on it, then leave it again and again get back on it and lastly to leave it completely and travel straight across the field to our trail on the other side.
Most of the run I asked them for commands that I don't normally ask for and by the end of the run you could sure tell they had their listening ears turned on. A great pairing in these two. Lucy finds it difficult to stay lined out when we stop but we are slowly gaining on that too.
The look of a VERY happy dog =)
Here are a few videos of what happens in the dog yard after a run. Enjoy
.....See You On The Trail.....
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