Training sled dogs is no easy task. Many challenges can arise as you are dealing with live animals that have different personalities. All forms of mushing have common denominators when it comes to getting your team down the trail. We focus in sprint racing and sled dog rides or tours (tourism) so our style [...]
As you spend more time in the sport of mushing it's important to learn how to make some simple lines and line sections. Dogs are very hard on equipment and it can easily break or fray. Some of our cable gangline sections have lasted up to four years and the poly tugs nine years. [...]
I took a time lapse video of our hookup and unhook with our 6th harness run of the 2013-2014 season. I'm really loving this new feature on my camera. It starts with getting the equipment set up, dogs out of the yard, harnessing, hookup, and take off. I believe in efficiency to save work and [...]
Well, here it is! I've been playing with my new helmet cam and still need to make some adjustments so you can see the dogs better. It's a long video, sorry for keeping you waiting while it buffers but it's kind of fun. Seppo and Jaana are in lead, Ari is the wheel dog and [...]
On Tuesday Dec. 1st, WDIO sports reporter Sarah Frakes came out to do a story on us about bikejoring thanks to the tip from my roommate meteorologist Justin Liles. The story aired last night on our local Duluth channel 10/13. Here it is!!
