We all know dogs can be dogs. I can't fault my crew much, they are all of the things I want: an awesome dog sled tour team, wonderful friends, adventure lovers, fun dog sled racers, cuddlers, howlers and just plain cute. HOWEVER sometimes I am just puzzled. Ok...maybe more than puzzled...disgusted??? So I have come to terms with PEEING in the bowls after dinner. A few dogs do it. Gross, but oh well. I wash the bowls bcs while the dogs have their own bowls with their names on them and who is to say who pees in which bowl, right? I mean, if it were me I would pee in someone else's bowl, not mine. YOu??? But...maybe you and I just would not pee in a bowl... Well anyway. THEY DO. So they other day I found a POOP in a bowl. YUP. No kidding. I was really grossed out. THEN the next day I found the same bowl with pee in it again, and when I went to rinse it out in the dog pool there was poop in the pool. This is all the same kennel, the same 3 dogs. Not sure who is doing what, but I know its one of these 3. And you guessed it. One of these 3 is Sweet Tart. Could she really be doing this crazy stuff? Not delicate, lady like, awesome lead dog Bridget, right? Not silly goofy Bonzo... Well Bonzo is a thought.... But my money is on Sweet Tart. :)
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
Monday, August 12, 2013
Pearl pampered by Emma
Pearl had a cancerous tumor removed recently. It grew back in the same spot as it first occurred. My daughter Emma gave up her toddler bed so Pearl could have a nice big bed to stretch out on. We think old Anuk can't get up on this bed, which is good, bcs Anuk tends to leak in her beds.
Pearl is really doing well, good energy and spirits. Miraculous! The vet said she had to remove a chunk of muscle and then pull in muscle fibers from the side, ouchie, right? So proud of Pearl, we love her so much.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Our first away weekend
Our first away weekend in a super long time. We are in Gorham tonight, staged for the race tomorrow in Berlin's Jericho ATV park. Yahoo. Boys peed...girls have not...sitting outside my motel room with a beer freezing my tush off. Come on girls! That's MUD PIE closest to the end of the truck. Sadly we have to give him back to Jaye this weekend. He was such a great dog this season. I didn't know borrowing a dog could lead to such a bond, but he is a great soul and a hard worker and cute on top of it all.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Happy dogs
We were out on a free run today. Awesome trails, nice and smooth, sligtly soft from the above freezing temps. We cruised up to the top of Hicks Mtn at 12mph. Sweet! You know you are in for a good run when you ride the drag UPHILL! These dogs are super strong from a winter of dog sled tours. Love my puppy babies!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Girl and her favorite snuggling dog
Emma with Pearl. Pearl ran on the team Sunday for 22 miles, yesterday for 10, of course she needs a girl snuggle! This is Pearl's last year on the team, she doesn't pull anymore but always looks elegant and smooth at any pace. I love having her with us and love having her in the house. She is a luxury. Thank you Donna J for helping me choose her. Thank you Ann and George for the day Pearl was born...right next to your own litter at the vets. I also want to note Pearl and her siblings are the perfect blend of Alkasiber and Blackwater. Pearl is the first to slow down of her sibs, but all 3 have been my mainstream dogs and my best fury ambassadors. Loving kids up at tours, screaming down race trails when they were younger. Awesome at obedience and of course extremely good looking!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Such a happy day
I have had a few happy days recently, and I am being very understated here. I am lucky, so lucky. I have wonderful dogs, a wonderful family, I am a truly lucky person. I work hard, really hard, but I love what to do.
Yesterday I took out two teams for long runs. During both runs I had so many of those wonderful moments of connectedness with the whole team. I swear that is part of why I do this. Not just the thrills but the soul satisfying team feeling of being one with my dogs.
I ran a boy team with Twinkle in lead at first - later she went to wheel. She is getting older but took the move with grace and worked hard the rest of the run. Bodhi then ran lead with his son Bonzo. Now that is cute. We did a nice loop and then went exploring. Went up an insane hill that finally leveled off. Not wanting to go down something I hadn't seen before that might be steeper, we turned around. What a ride. The snow balled up over my brakes, cutting off my ability to brake. The snow ball was so big and wet that it started to pull the sled sideways. Yikes. It was more like a snow man. I repeatedly kicked it off, but it came back. The downhill was so steep that it was over before I knew it and I resumed more normal sled handling, phew. We had such a good run though. I was so proud of the dogs and of me for exploring.
Then I took the girl team out (with Smudge). Tula and Bridget in lead. Bridget is really coming into it, she is starting to take commands (for a while she was ANTI command...it was a struggle as some tour customers may fondly remember). Tula was amazing. My favorite moment was when we came to a fork where I had taken the boys to the left and asked her to go Gee she did it right away but then realized she lost the scent trail. She went back as if she thought I had mistaken my command, which I repeated and she returned Gee. She is so smart, and it was a cool insight into how she was thinking about the trail and everything we were doing. it clearly showed that she knew our other team had been out there just where we had been, although then we took a detour. Our detour was beautiful, and creeped up and up and up. Again at a wide flat area I turned the team around, a little nervous of some of the switch back turns. No problem on my CB Sled, love this Wolf Moon amazing creation. Carl Brown, you will live forever in lots of people's hearts and also in the amazing sleds you made.
I loved the terrain we went on, lots of high open country. Openings to gorgeous views. Nestly low areas wedged between bouldery mountain sides and frozen streams laced with ice. I vow to continue working hard and trying to do good things so that I may continue to earn days like this...heavenly days with my beautiful dogs.
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
Yesterday I took out two teams for long runs. During both runs I had so many of those wonderful moments of connectedness with the whole team. I swear that is part of why I do this. Not just the thrills but the soul satisfying team feeling of being one with my dogs.
I ran a boy team with Twinkle in lead at first - later she went to wheel. She is getting older but took the move with grace and worked hard the rest of the run. Bodhi then ran lead with his son Bonzo. Now that is cute. We did a nice loop and then went exploring. Went up an insane hill that finally leveled off. Not wanting to go down something I hadn't seen before that might be steeper, we turned around. What a ride. The snow balled up over my brakes, cutting off my ability to brake. The snow ball was so big and wet that it started to pull the sled sideways. Yikes. It was more like a snow man. I repeatedly kicked it off, but it came back. The downhill was so steep that it was over before I knew it and I resumed more normal sled handling, phew. We had such a good run though. I was so proud of the dogs and of me for exploring.
Then I took the girl team out (with Smudge). Tula and Bridget in lead. Bridget is really coming into it, she is starting to take commands (for a while she was ANTI command...it was a struggle as some tour customers may fondly remember). Tula was amazing. My favorite moment was when we came to a fork where I had taken the boys to the left and asked her to go Gee she did it right away but then realized she lost the scent trail. She went back as if she thought I had mistaken my command, which I repeated and she returned Gee. She is so smart, and it was a cool insight into how she was thinking about the trail and everything we were doing. it clearly showed that she knew our other team had been out there just where we had been, although then we took a detour. Our detour was beautiful, and creeped up and up and up. Again at a wide flat area I turned the team around, a little nervous of some of the switch back turns. No problem on my CB Sled, love this Wolf Moon amazing creation. Carl Brown, you will live forever in lots of people's hearts and also in the amazing sleds you made.
I loved the terrain we went on, lots of high open country. Openings to gorgeous views. Nestly low areas wedged between bouldery mountain sides and frozen streams laced with ice. I vow to continue working hard and trying to do good things so that I may continue to earn days like this...heavenly days with my beautiful dogs.
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
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