Dumped on Christmas Eve
Yesterday I drove through the snow storm, to got out sledding in the Kettle Moraine.
I put Nemo in the lead again (still doesn't know Gee or Haw). When I had everyone hooked up and the snowhook out Nemo was facing the wrong way playing tug of war with the gangline.
Our first turn was a haw, however Nemo was confident we should go straight. The next turn was a gee. Nemo want straight, so I stopped the sled, put the snow hook in and grabbed Nemo and pointed him in the right direction. We then proceeded down the trail I wanted us to take.
The trail was great. There where lots of hills and bends to keep me busy. On one downhill section I tipped the sled and the dogs dragged me down the hill a little ways.
Note that I hung on to the sled again. I was once told I wasn't a real musher because I hadn't lost my team yet. Which is confusing cause your not supposed to let go of the sled. Basically, I don't plan on becoming a real musher.
We made it back to the parking lot alive and meet the Trail Coordinator for the park. He is interested in dog sledding and commented on the number of teams that come out to use these particular trails. Hopefully some day we won't be the only team out and we can meet some more teams. It is always nice to have some other teams to practice passing with or to just have some fresh dog scent on the trails to follow.
We finished packing up the sled and headed home. That afternoon I went off to Christmas with one of my brothers. When I left I left three happy dogs loose in my house. For Christmas I got a house that wasn't torn-up, nothing peed on, and no dog fights. I was hopeful that, after seeing that Nemo didn't cause any problems after breaking out of his crate 4 times in the last few weeks, he was learning all the house rules.
Really I just wanted to get that crate out of my kitchen (there just isn't enough room), but I have noticed that everyone is getting along. They have started to learn how much to much with each other and have seemed to have found some sort of pack order that suits them all well. It will still be a while before I don't worry about them all, because they could always suprize me with something I never expected. That's why I just aways expect the unexpected when dealing with huskies.
I put Nemo in the lead again (still doesn't know Gee or Haw). When I had everyone hooked up and the snowhook out Nemo was facing the wrong way playing tug of war with the gangline.
Our first turn was a haw, however Nemo was confident we should go straight. The next turn was a gee. Nemo want straight, so I stopped the sled, put the snow hook in and grabbed Nemo and pointed him in the right direction. We then proceeded down the trail I wanted us to take.
The trail was great. There where lots of hills and bends to keep me busy. On one downhill section I tipped the sled and the dogs dragged me down the hill a little ways.
Note that I hung on to the sled again. I was once told I wasn't a real musher because I hadn't lost my team yet. Which is confusing cause your not supposed to let go of the sled. Basically, I don't plan on becoming a real musher.
We made it back to the parking lot alive and meet the Trail Coordinator for the park. He is interested in dog sledding and commented on the number of teams that come out to use these particular trails. Hopefully some day we won't be the only team out and we can meet some more teams. It is always nice to have some other teams to practice passing with or to just have some fresh dog scent on the trails to follow.
We finished packing up the sled and headed home. That afternoon I went off to Christmas with one of my brothers. When I left I left three happy dogs loose in my house. For Christmas I got a house that wasn't torn-up, nothing peed on, and no dog fights. I was hopeful that, after seeing that Nemo didn't cause any problems after breaking out of his crate 4 times in the last few weeks, he was learning all the house rules.
Really I just wanted to get that crate out of my kitchen (there just isn't enough room), but I have noticed that everyone is getting along. They have started to learn how much to much with each other and have seemed to have found some sort of pack order that suits them all well. It will still be a while before I don't worry about them all, because they could always suprize me with something I never expected. That's why I just aways expect the unexpected when dealing with huskies.
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