Angie came to visit today. She was a handler for our dog sled tours 2 winters ago. Tart crawled into Angie's lap and snuggled her head onto her shoulder. So cute!
Showing posts with label dog sled tours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog sled tours. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Monday, October 28, 2013
Stop calling me Tart....the name's Sweetie
An amazing catch of a split second dog conversation. Pema, on the left, and Sweet Tart on the right. Normally Tart is insistently submissive to Pema. But in this micro second she is telling Pema off. Pema is licking her lips, a clear CALM DOWN signal. I am sure anyone can come up with a good guess as to what Sweet Tart is saying....
Monday, August 12, 2013
Really Dogs, really???!!!????
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
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
Sunday, August 19, 2012
New Tours for 2012-2013 season
We have finalized the lineup of dog sled tours and rides for this coming mushing season. The dogs will be out in September, getting ready. October we open the doors and start the tours, starting off with fall cart tours of course!
We are officially offering our Learn to Mush hands-on experience. we are really excited about this, it will be so much fun to share with people.
Come snow we have a new tour, the Runaway Sunday! It's short, it's sweet, it's perfect.
See our tour page for details:
http://www.barking-brook.com/dog_sled_tours_new_hampshire
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
We are officially offering our Learn to Mush hands-on experience. we are really excited about this, it will be so much fun to share with people.
Come snow we have a new tour, the Runaway Sunday! It's short, it's sweet, it's perfect.
See our tour page for details:
http://www.barking-brook.com/dog_sled_tours_new_hampshire
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
Monday, July 30, 2012
Celebrating our first litter
Our first litter, Anuk's litter, was so long ago! The 4 I have from this litter are now eleven years old! I originally kept Kubota and Triton, the only 2 boys, but Emma (Leigh) and Darka came back home later and stayed.
At the time of this litter I was still dating my now husband and it was wonderful to include his family in the fun. My step daughter Alisha still loves Triton and calls him Fluffy But.
The photos below are from a puppy play date at the Berg's house. They had a litter almost the same age. A few of the people who were getting puppies were there plus some house guests/friends of mine. It was really fun!
It's strange to finally be doing a dog sled tour business after all these years with these dogs. 2 of this litter retired last year after doing one dog sled tour. (2 carried on for the rest of the season). Ironically doing dog sled tours is just what these guys excel at. They are so friendly and have such eye catching beauty, they pull hard and true in harness, they really are great dogs to work with.
Of the 8 pups only 6 are still alive. Nushka was shot by a neighbor in Vermont, Charm died of liver issues. Two are treasured house pets (Perkins, Juneau). And as I said 4 live here: Kubota, Triton, Emma-Leigh and Darka.
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
At the time of this litter I was still dating my now husband and it was wonderful to include his family in the fun. My step daughter Alisha still loves Triton and calls him Fluffy But.
The photos below are from a puppy play date at the Berg's house. They had a litter almost the same age. A few of the people who were getting puppies were there plus some house guests/friends of mine. It was really fun!
It's strange to finally be doing a dog sled tour business after all these years with these dogs. 2 of this litter retired last year after doing one dog sled tour. (2 carried on for the rest of the season). Ironically doing dog sled tours is just what these guys excel at. They are so friendly and have such eye catching beauty, they pull hard and true in harness, they really are great dogs to work with.
Of the 8 pups only 6 are still alive. Nushka was shot by a neighbor in Vermont, Charm died of liver issues. Two are treasured house pets (Perkins, Juneau). And as I said 4 live here: Kubota, Triton, Emma-Leigh and Darka.
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| A lapful of pups with Emma closes to camera, Kubota's face poking out to the left and Triton face half visible on the right as he burrows in. |
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| Jacci holding Nushka. Love at first cuddle. |
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| Emma's intense and joyful eyes. |
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| In the dog boxes to go home: Perkins, Kubota, Darka and Emma. |
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| Be (Rebecca) holding the dark faced pups: Kubota and Darka. |
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| Rick Holding Emma, Triton and Charm. |
-Miss W
Owner and Musher
Barking Brook Sled Dog Adventures, llc
http://www.Barking-Brook.com
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
We are out testing the trails with an experienced had on the double driver
That's my friend Scott, his 6 dogs plus 2 of mine.
I thought it would be good to actually run the trails before doing dog sled tours. The surface was ok but not enough depth to set a hook. No dog sled tours just yet...please send us more snow...please...
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Come on weather....just snow...dog sled tours need snow!
This photo is from a few days ago, when it was super super cold. We had to cancel all the dog sled tours due to lack of enough snow. It had snowed but then RAINED. Ugh. Most folks could reschedule, thankfully! When it finally snows enough we are going to be super super busy with dog sled adventures morning till night!
Anyway in the photo are Kubota and Bridget, two who never cuddle. I watched Kubota wag and flirt his way into Bridgets house, it was so cute!
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
10 degrees, what to wear
Yesterday I took dogs out on snow for the first time. I had to cancel all my dog sled tours as there was no good snow on my trails, but I made the long treck out the Kanc to Bear Notch Rd where 3 to 5 inches of snow lay. I met another musher who shared my sled, we took out his team together than mine.
Anyway, I thought it worth noting what I wore in these temperatures and how I felt. Also, please note that while the snow was nice there was no ability to set a snow hook and plenty of snowmachines whipping past all day.
I wore my Sorel caribou boots with one pair of wool socks from EMS. My feet were a little cold, but we did a lot of paddling to help the dogs so that kept my feet just fine. A note on socks, most socks do not work for me, my boots eat them and they end up around my toes. There are some wool socks at EMS that are a bit shorter and seem to have elastic knitted in, they fit snuggly and don't get eaten by boots.
On my legs I had expedition weight long underwear whci are essentially one sided fleace, fuzzy side in, thinner than jacket weight, super soft and stretchy. Over that I had insulated snow pants. On top I had two EMS brand zip-t shirts, which are fleece. Then a fleece jacket (mountain hardware), nothing special about this one. Collects lots of dog hair though. THEN my most useful and warm outer wear: a down jacket with a tough outer fabric. It is ugly, a strange almost digital pattern of grey and beige, almost looks like a dirty snow bank. It has a great hood and nice high neck with fleece to protect your chin.
On our way out with the first team we had the wicked wind in our faces and I was a little cold. I could feel the wind find the small gap in my armpit where I hadn't remembered to zip up the pit zip! I wished I had my neck warmer on so I could cover my chin and nose but was too lazt to get it from the bag right in front of me. That's the way it is sometimes when you are cold, it makes you not want to put any effort into getting warmer. My hands had simple fleece gloves which were not enough, my big wintergreen mitts were far away though, in the bag in front of my fellow sled driver. I need some sort of intermediate glove or mitten that is not such a big commitment. I love my wintergreen mitts but they are huge and take your hands out of play for any quick work with the dogs. They have a harness so you can throw them off and have them dangle at your side. You need a glove liner so that you are not all of a sudden bare skinned. That's why it is a big commitment to me...need to bust out glove liners. I don't know where any of mine are!
So, that's what I wore and how I felt. The day did warm up from the 10 or 11 degrees we started with, but it was back to 11 by the time we were done with the second team 6 hours later.
It was FINE, nothing froze off, and was 10 degrees and windy.
Anyway, I thought it worth noting what I wore in these temperatures and how I felt. Also, please note that while the snow was nice there was no ability to set a snow hook and plenty of snowmachines whipping past all day.
I wore my Sorel caribou boots with one pair of wool socks from EMS. My feet were a little cold, but we did a lot of paddling to help the dogs so that kept my feet just fine. A note on socks, most socks do not work for me, my boots eat them and they end up around my toes. There are some wool socks at EMS that are a bit shorter and seem to have elastic knitted in, they fit snuggly and don't get eaten by boots.
On my legs I had expedition weight long underwear whci are essentially one sided fleace, fuzzy side in, thinner than jacket weight, super soft and stretchy. Over that I had insulated snow pants. On top I had two EMS brand zip-t shirts, which are fleece. Then a fleece jacket (mountain hardware), nothing special about this one. Collects lots of dog hair though. THEN my most useful and warm outer wear: a down jacket with a tough outer fabric. It is ugly, a strange almost digital pattern of grey and beige, almost looks like a dirty snow bank. It has a great hood and nice high neck with fleece to protect your chin.
On our way out with the first team we had the wicked wind in our faces and I was a little cold. I could feel the wind find the small gap in my armpit where I hadn't remembered to zip up the pit zip! I wished I had my neck warmer on so I could cover my chin and nose but was too lazt to get it from the bag right in front of me. That's the way it is sometimes when you are cold, it makes you not want to put any effort into getting warmer. My hands had simple fleece gloves which were not enough, my big wintergreen mitts were far away though, in the bag in front of my fellow sled driver. I need some sort of intermediate glove or mitten that is not such a big commitment. I love my wintergreen mitts but they are huge and take your hands out of play for any quick work with the dogs. They have a harness so you can throw them off and have them dangle at your side. You need a glove liner so that you are not all of a sudden bare skinned. That's why it is a big commitment to me...need to bust out glove liners. I don't know where any of mine are!
So, that's what I wore and how I felt. The day did warm up from the 10 or 11 degrees we started with, but it was back to 11 by the time we were done with the second team 6 hours later.
It was FINE, nothing froze off, and was 10 degrees and windy.
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