Archive for 'Dog Sled Days'
April 5, 2010 – Puppy Training Cont’d
Steamboat has seen a ton of snow in the last few days and hearty winds to accompany it. Life is relaxed at the kennel. Easter Sunday and I got to spend some quality time with each of the dogs.
The puppies are growing up so quickly it’s hard to believe. They are so excited to run [...]
April 2, 2010 – End of the Season
The spring weather ended the season a bit early for us. Saturday was our last day of tours and even then we were down to using the short loop, as the longer trails was too melted out.
The tour went smoothly with three sleds. Kris and Stu-bird were guiding, E-bear, me and Sara helped make sure [...]
March 19, 2010 – Really?
As spring time comes around, we like to say people lose their minds a little. Somehow, jeans become common gear even though there’s snow and slush all around. I think the weather makes people dreamy and they pay more attention to the world around them and a little less to their dog sledding team.
It appears [...]
March 15, 2010 – A Traitor in the Midst
Despite the setbacks of losing B-bear (he works around the kennel, but can’t do tours anymore since he hurt his knee) and Beagle (got a new job), we were getting along fine.
March always picks up during spring breaks, so have had a busy schedule. We are down to just mornings as the afternoons have been [...]
March 12, 2010 – Home from Virginia
The snow has been melting quickly with lots of sunshine. Hopefully the trail will last another couple of weeks.
I spent Wednesday May 10th, at the Harry E James School in Hopewell Virginia, talking to over 300 students from kindergarten to first grade about dog sledding. The kids were all attentive and had some wonderful questions. [...]
March 3-4 – Spring is Here
7:00 am. 18 degrees.
Days have been reaching the 40’s and while it’s hard for the dogs to run in the heat, I’m ready for a little sunshine and an end to winter!
Had a tour with Kris where I couldn’t do anything right, but that’s par for the course, so didn’t let it get to me. [...]
March 2, 2010 – Another One Bites the Dust
Every year we lose a few good workers at the end of February and into March. B-bear had his knee hurt and now Beagle has left us. He was offered a job in Arizona that he couldn’t turn down. It was sad to see him go, but we had a great party the night before. [...]
Feb 13 – 15 – Cold, cold, colder
7:30 am. varying degrees between -2, 23 adn -14.
Rolex, one of our puppies loves to watch. He climbs up the fence, rests his front paws over and checks out the action in the kennel. He has no interest in jumping over, he just likes to observe.
The thirteenth started out with a warm morning and a [...]
February 10, 2020 – The aftermath
7:30 am. 13 degrees. It’s a little chilly and I’m on my way into work to water the dogs, pick up poop and possibly booty them for a morning trip. Kris calls and asks me to scrape out the cedar chips from the dog beds in the truck and replace them with hay. I’m happy [...]
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