It's always nice to have our kennel veterinarian, Dr. Pauline Schroeder, pay us a visit. Today we vaccinated all the racing dogs and their alternates, with their regular vaccine boosters and their bordetella. Exception: Tsunami was sidelined for vaccination because of his somewhat elevated temp and some digestive problems. He's on Flagyl , hoping to calm his digestive tract.
Dogs vaccinated were : Eos, Zeus, Buffy, Medio, Herman (alternate), Matilda (alternate), Kiddo, Quattro (alternate), Ruthie (alternate).
Buddy will go in for an office visit for his swollen wrist and Lillen will go with him for some blood work. Skinny's eye is progressing nicely, looks good, per Dr. Pauline. King and Balto will be started on a form of prednisone for their allergy problems.
Tim groomed our trails exceptionally well, including the trail out the gate to hit the grade either into Florence (6 mile round trip) or into Michigan (8 mile round trip). Not sure when we'll get out the gate... lots of snowmachine traffic out there.
STRAW BALE COUNT: 36 WILL WE HIT 100 THIS WINTER? STICK AROUND.
Our 21st year! We have enjoyed sharing the sport of dog sledding with so many people over the years, and thank you! all, so much! We are in a paring down and retirement phase. Our kennel is selling a lot of good, used equipment. If you are looking for something , let us know. Listing coming soon. We are not selling dogs, they are retiring with us.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
New Race
Added to our blog listing is the site for the new Copper Dog 150 (and 30) to be held in March in the Copper Country. Beginning in Calumet, MI (just north of Houghton) this race will cover great terrain and hopefully their great lake effect snow will be plentiful for a successful race. Probably some good hill climbs up around Copper Harbor. We don't know all the details yet, but the promo suggests that varied types of teams... speed, distance, stage , with their varying strategies will have a chance to be successful in it. More later as we learn about it. Signups have started and the list of interested mushers shows good promise.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Quiet Day
We had a quiet work day , all the dogs resting after their active week of running.
We cleaned pens, chopped gates, fed some extra fluids, let most dogs free run, hauled straw, and mostly just had an ordinary day.
Today we'll pick up our repaired Skandic and hopefully groom some trails. We can use some more snow now, as pens are icy.
Our veterinarian comes tomorrow for updates on bordetella for potential racers and some other vaccine updates and quick check on some of the dogs (Skinny, Buddy, King, Lillen, Balto)with some health issues.
Photo: 13 year old Sierra catching a nap . She keeps us all on schedule.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Celebrating with Dogs
Ashley ran her 8 and her 6 today and then Julia and Anna came to visit. The dogs loved every bit of it all. It wasn't quite as cold today, but Lillen was a house dog over night last night, maybe again tonight. We'll really miss Ashley now as it's back to school tomorrow. Will do our best to keep the dogs' spirits up and their bellies full. No new photos today because I was too busy chasing those FAST teams!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Team Ashley at Ten Below
Eight a.m. and Ashley was out in minus ten hooking up eight and taking off. This young gal has the spirit for this sport.
Team photo courtesy of Ashley's dad as he waited in cold to catch a glimpse of the flying team. Other photo is her Dad helping her to hook up .
LEAD... ZEUS AND BUFFY
SWING... MEDIO AND EOS
TEAM... RUTHIE AND MATILDA
WHEEL...TSUNAMI AND KIDDO
Friday, January 1, 2010
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