Just in case you need some feel good motivation today….. I give you a blind sled dog. What can you take from this? A- Dogs are awesome. B- Happy stories motivate. C- The reason that you tell yourself why your dog “can’t” do awesome things is most likely invalid. Check it out: AP/ January 25, 2013, 9:34 AM Blind sled …
Sled/Skijor Event In Westbrook ME.
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!)
First Real Snowfall Of Winter
Oh, man…. I’m excited to get the Sled, and Skis out!!!!! I’ll try and post pics/vids of the first snow pull of the season.
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 …
CaniCross &….. Whitewater Safety?
Um…. Ok. What the hell do those two things have to do with each other? Turns out, the what to do when all hell breaks loose is pretty much the same for both. When I went rafting a long time ago, one of the safety tips they gave was, “if you fall out of the boat; try to go down …
New Toy!!!!
Yes!!!! 3 Bad Bullies just got our hands on a brand new Kickbike Cross Max! These things scream to be pulled by dogs. They are stable, and have shocks like a mountain bike. So, they can totally handle off road rough housing. But, they’re super easy to step off of if things get squirrely….. Which, with dogs pulling you off …
Roberts Farm CaniCross: Nov 18th!
Roberts Farm Trail Preserve is putting on another CaniCross. It’s on Sun, Nov 18th. It’s at 9am. Registration is over at 8:30am. Noocksak Racing usually has a booth at these races so it’s a great time to meet them and get some gear! I just found out about it, so I’m trying to adjust my schedule to get it in! …
3 Bad Bikjoring Bullies
We officially adopted Jackson (the little brindle/blue bull with cropped ears you see in a lot of our photos). And, because I plan on doing a lot of sledding/skijoring this winter, I need to get him up to speed! Off to the trails we go! Oh yeah! There’s about 3/4 of a mile of a deep sand shoulder on our …
Winter Dog Sports
I was born and raised in Louisiana. So, I find very few redeeming qualities about snow, and winter. My kicksled is my attempt at the whole lemons/lemonade thing. Running a sled with dogs is damn near the only thing that gets me through winter! Here’s some inspiration I was looking at to get me through this grey, grey Maine morning. …