Moonrise over Red Willow Lake picture by Chris Brewer
Team coming off Red Willow Lake
Team crossing Trinity Lake
Team on Red Willow Lake
Whisper & Hudson finding the way with no sign of a trail on the lake.
I have not had much time or chance to take out any of the dogs without a client with us. Tuesday I loaded up 6 of the young dogs and took them over to RWBC to run the trails but also to work with a few of them as leaders. I used my old Prairie Bilt sled which was different after using only my PB dually all winter. Nice to be on the old sled.
We had about 3-4 inches of fresh snow so the trail on Red Willow Lake was gone but Whisper knew where to go and helped Hudson (who normally runs wheel) figure it out. The trail on Trinity Lake was fine and I plan to increase the distance on that lake by following the east edge.
The deer are doing well at RWBC and always give the dogs a burst of excitement when they see them. We try not to harass or disturb the deer though, since we are guests in their habitat but also the snow is deep and we want them to do well this winter.
I have 10 women signed up for Women's Challenge for next winter--2011!! PIDT is looking at hosting a Samoyed dog sledding days sometime in the winter of 2011. This event would be for teams of Samoyeds, people that own Sams and want to try them in harness and for Samoyed fanciers just to get together at one location and work their dogs.
PIDT will be working on trying to build a program to bring more of a spiritual aspect to the dog sledding experience plus a program for "team" building.
Tolinka and Trek are growing up fast. It will be a few more months before Tolinka and travel to Sweden to her new home. We are hoping to bring a new female Samoyed home from Sweden too. Trek will stay here and learn to work with the team.
Tolinka and Trek working on their couch potato title.
Tolinka and Trek working on their couch potato title.
The dogs and I leave again on Friday for camp for 4 days. We will be working with Girl Scouts on Sat and providing nature hikes (snowshoeing) and dog sledding experiences--hands on, and then on Sunday we have a family of 5 coming in for a day of fun.
Friday we will groom trails and Monday we will do some fun runs, let Chris drive a team again and pack up to head home
Live for the moment and hang on
