Oh yeah! Down East Sled Dog Club and the City of Westbrook are hosting a sledding/skijoring event. Its part of their Winter West Festival downtown. I think it’s too late to enter, but the races are scheduled to loop a golf course, so it should be super spectator friendly. This is my second season sledding recreationaly, and I’ve only skijored …
Winter Fun
Here’s a collection of photos and a short video of an outing we just did during the first big snowfall of the season. Amanda ran with Milo (65lb APBT) and Mabel (45lb APBT) on the kicksled. And I used Bella (75lb Alapaha), and Jax (50lb APBT) on my new Ski/Sliding snowshoe things. What a blast. (Jay going down!)
New Toy For A Maine Winter!
Oh yeah! I got me some sliding snowshoes!!!!! These bad boys are a cross between Backcountry skis, and Snowshoes. In my zeal for bad ass dog activities under ANY circumstances, I’ve run into some snags with the tapering period before and after the snow season. My kicksled, is awesome for when it’s been snowing regular. But, if you hit patches …