Senior Correspondent has published an article about our life with retired racing sled dogs.
www.seniorcorrespondent.com
Our thanks to Mallory at Signal Hill for her shepherding of us through this process.
We hope the article might get others interested in giving lifetime homes to retirees... retirees with retirees .
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.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sand at Summer Place, Filling the Digs
All summer we let the dogs dig dens . They use them to avoid the heat, the flies and to play hide and seek with each other. Ruthie's was probably the winning den for this summer, no surprise.
Yesterday we had 15 yards of great sand delivered and placed for hauling today. At 8AM three strong young men arrived to spend the day hauling it by shovel and wheel barrow into the numerous pens. It also involved replacing houses. Great day, great team work.
Bottom to top, photos:
The day for shoveling started early.
One "Before" pile of sand with Jimmy, Tanner and Anthony.
Ruthie's den. (She isn't happy about it being filled today).
Midday on the "Before" pile. At end of day it was flat.
Jim ( 81), Jimmy (his grandson), Tanner and Anthony decide which houses need to be replaced.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Fred Baker
Fred Baker was a kind and generous man. His life ended all too soon on the 17th, leaving behind
his dear son, Tim, Shanna and precious granddaughter, Josefina, his dear love, Beanie and his special dog, Button and an extended family. We were very lucky to know him. He loved riding the kennel trails. He loved his dog. Godspeed, Fred.
his dear son, Tim, Shanna and precious granddaughter, Josefina, his dear love, Beanie and his special dog, Button and an extended family. We were very lucky to know him. He loved riding the kennel trails. He loved his dog. Godspeed, Fred.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Eight dog team
This snow is last year's, but we expect some light stuff tomorrow. Eos and Zeus lead in this photo.Our first eight dog team run with the quad will be:
Buffy, Ruthie, LEAD
Zeus, Eos SWING
Buffy, Ruthie, LEAD
Zeus, Eos SWING
Rosie, Matilda TEAM
Kiddo, Herman WHEEL
If we switch to a ten dog, we will fit in Yuki and Sherpa or Zoom.
Essentials: Straw and Sand
All in the name of winter readiness, we are beginning our annual straw bale count and filling the summer dens the dogs have dug. Today our helper, Jimmy, was greeted happily by each dog as he gave them freshly fluffed straw in each of their houses.
Zeus visited the doctor yesterday and received a clean bill of health, ready to run go ahead.
He couldn't be more ready, mentally after having been sidelined by his rock eating episode/surgery.
The dump truck will dish out sand tomorrow and Jimmy, Tanner and Anthony will diligently
haul it to fill the holes. They have some pretty incredible digs this year, their hideouts from the hot dry summer. Ruthie, the engineer of the bunch, continues to dig her den, just as the bears and wolves in the woods, preferring it to a house right now.
STRAW BALE COUNT: 9
Zeus visited the doctor yesterday and received a clean bill of health, ready to run go ahead.
He couldn't be more ready, mentally after having been sidelined by his rock eating episode/surgery.
The dump truck will dish out sand tomorrow and Jimmy, Tanner and Anthony will diligently
haul it to fill the holes. They have some pretty incredible digs this year, their hideouts from the hot dry summer. Ruthie, the engineer of the bunch, continues to dig her den, just as the bears and wolves in the woods, preferring it to a house right now.
STRAW BALE COUNT: 9
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Trekking into fall
The leaves are falling now, recent high winds and rains helped them to take an early departure.
We are working on fall chores, waiting for sand and workers to fill holes in pens, fixing dog houses, fixing humans :), etc.
This past week has been in the 70's, 80 for five days straight, too warm for these eager huskies to run.
The sow with cubs has not been seen for awhile and we expect she's dug her den, although she would have been out in this heat.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Fall in the Air
The deer are eating the cherries dropping, the bucks are congregating, the dogs are revving up.
Fall is in the air and we are about to start running teams. Zeus has recovered from his rock eating surgery and is ready to relinquish his house dog role.
We have a nice group of run ready dogs.
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