February 23, 2009

Dog sledding



Tink and I attended a dog sledding seminar Feb 6th, taught by Pam Casselman at SuperDog Central. It was a lot of fun. I think Tink and Kes would make a good 2 dog team, Kes can run wheel and Tink can be lead! One of the training exercises had Tink pulling a large bottle full of water through the snow, everytime it got stuck, even a little, Tink wouldn't try to pull it. By the end of the exercise, if Tink got going, she wouldn't stop, even if she ran past me and a tug! I think she didn't want to get stuck again! We got to hook up to a sled, and because Tink has some dog issues, we hooked her up in wheel, with Shep ahead for her to chase! I was able to ride, it was wicked cool! Tink didn't seem to be thrilled at first, but she did well.

February 08, 2009

First trial of the year (finally)

I had to miss the first trial I had signed up for this year, I was sick, and we had a major snowstorm. So last Sunday I attended the Rat Pack trial. I will post videos (yay for my new camera!) and let them 'speak' for themselves!

Steeplechase

Master Jumper

Master Standard

We also ran a Master Snooker... only a 1 pointer though!

Today Tink got to do some dog sledding! It was fun! Tell you more about it later!