I described our early puppy socialization practices in an earlier post (Let working dogs work: Can I pet your dog?). Here’s a video clip showing that early socialization. These pups are not quite 24 hours old, but they’re old enough to begin their educations. As you’ll see, it’s not just great way for pups to [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Training really little pups
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Early season mushing update
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re only a few weeks into the mushing season. It’s never been this good. Due to family/medical reasons, the dogs didn’t get much fall training. It was enough to shake the cob webs off, but the dogs weren’t getting many miles. We’ve been hauling wood a few miles away from the house. The dogs are [...]
Let working dogs work Part 6: Half load of wood
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I often talk about hauling wood with my dogs. I cut some wood Saturday and returned with a half load when I decided to shoot this video clip. This wood is very important for our family right now. Our wood stove is our sole source of heat. If we don’t have wood we freeze. We [...]
Blog updates
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve begun developing the “Meet our Family” and “Meet our Working Dogs” pages on the blog. Just click on the tabs at the top. The dog section begins with a video introduction of Lucky. The family section has a brief narrative and some pictures plus a video clip. I’ll update both pages periodically.
Kyle
Belleques go sledding
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The kids wanted to break out the sleds as soon as snow started falling last week. We all went sledding on the trail behind our house today. It is my mushing access trail to the flats. This is my first attempt at posting video clips so we kept them short. Let me know how it [...]
Bunny
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night Jake, Alethia and I set two rabbit snares on a rabbit trail 75 yards from our front door.
We checked them this morning before school.
First bunny of the season. A good stew and part of a hat. Way to go Jake and Alethia! Looks like we’ve got a bumper crop of the fluffy little [...]
Let working dogs work Part 5: Makin’ dog pot
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What the heck is “dog pot”? I’ll show you.
The cooker is made from a single 55 gallon drum. The drum is cut with a third of it on bottom serving as the burner section. The other piece of drum is a huge cook pot on top of the burner. There are other designs, but this [...]
Qualifying
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Racing sled dog kennels around the Northern Hemisphere are well into their seasons. Most races won’t start for another 2 months, but dogs are miling up, equipment is being readied and every musher is checking the weather hoping for a cold snowy winter to arrive. Ours is not a racing sled dog kennel so I’m [...]
