Sweet Rosie ran and led a great trail run with her buddies on Tuesday night. We posted the photo of her happy run. On Thursday we had to take her in to the animal hospital. She's been there until this morning on IV support. I just went in to see her and we decided she just couldn't make it anymore, so Rosie has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Her intestines were her problem .
We loved that little free spirited fox like girl. She was the fastest dog in the kennel. She liked nothing better than to race her sister, Buffy, and win (which she usually did).
She's a big part of the heart of our kennel, too, so we're busy at patching our heart this afternoon.
Godspeed, Rosie!! Thank you for all you are.
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.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Getting our miles
Because we can't run from November 15 to December 1st, we are getting miles every way we can.
We've been taking different groups on late afternoon trail runs, hoping to not meet the skunks and porcupines that are still hanging around.
On a trail ride earlier today (no dogs), I did see a coyote barreling through, but couldn't catch him in a photo.
We've never had a negative encounter with a coyote and dogs although we have had them cross our path several times.
We may still trail walk into the weekend, although Michigan hunters are only one mile away. We don't want any dogs to panic at a rifle shot and run out the gate, so we're going to be locked up .
We've been taking different groups on late afternoon trail runs, hoping to not meet the skunks and porcupines that are still hanging around.
On a trail ride earlier today (no dogs), I did see a coyote barreling through, but couldn't catch him in a photo.
We've never had a negative encounter with a coyote and dogs although we have had them cross our path several times.
We may still trail walk into the weekend, although Michigan hunters are only one mile away. We don't want any dogs to panic at a rifle shot and run out the gate, so we're going to be locked up .
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Snow showers move us back to our SPK winter blog.
We've had spotty accumulation of snow and beautiful snow showers the past few days. The dogs have
beautiful winter coats coming in and lots of energy for running. We are back to giving their afternoon soup for hydration (which they love).
As we head into what is probably our last winter of sled dog running, we have fifteen great dogs.
If you want to schedule a run, be sure to let us know early.
There is a 4 dog race that we are keeping an eye on, possibly to enter a team. We have to get miles on dogs and humans first.
This year's runners are: Navy, Eos (limited), Ruthie, Buffy, Rosie, Herman, Yuki, Swix, Zoom, Kiddo (limited) and Yeti . Copper, Ruby and Yo will be cheerleaders, along with Boss, the cat. We hope to have another kennel race, similar to last year's... same rules, same trails.
beautiful winter coats coming in and lots of energy for running. We are back to giving their afternoon soup for hydration (which they love).
As we head into what is probably our last winter of sled dog running, we have fifteen great dogs.
If you want to schedule a run, be sure to let us know early.
There is a 4 dog race that we are keeping an eye on, possibly to enter a team. We have to get miles on dogs and humans first.
This year's runners are: Navy, Eos (limited), Ruthie, Buffy, Rosie, Herman, Yuki, Swix, Zoom, Kiddo (limited) and Yeti . Copper, Ruby and Yo will be cheerleaders, along with Boss, the cat. We hope to have another kennel race, similar to last year's... same rules, same trails.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
summerspk2013.blogspot.com Our Summer Blog
Now that we can see grass and blossoms and snow is mostly gone, we are moving to our summer blog.
This year the link is : summerspk2013.blogspot.com
Please join us there for our reports on our dogs and the local wildlife. Currently we still have two baby foxes living under our largest outbuilding. Stay tuned.
This year the link is : summerspk2013.blogspot.com
Please join us there for our reports on our dogs and the local wildlife. Currently we still have two baby foxes living under our largest outbuilding. Stay tuned.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Spring Straw
In the winter we generously distribute straw to keep each and every dog warm and dry. In the spring we have to remove ALL of that straw since it draws insects, weeds, burrowing critters, etc. The pitching and hauling is a huge effort . This year Tanner Johnson and Anthony Kligis are the straw haulers. Quite a few teens have earned spring spending money in the past 20 years of the kennel, hauling straw. It's a huge project. They finished five pens today, seven pens to go.
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