Running dog sleds on snow

Aggie waits patiently. She is one of our many twelve-year-olds who are in great shape this season. Aggie is an amazing athlete and has surpassed many of the younger dogs this season, even though 12 years is equivalent to a person in their seventies! Go Aggie! She saves her enthusiasm for the run and doesn't fuss like here brother, Boulder. In the kennel, she is next to her daughter, Cindy Lou, and near her grand puppies, Diablo, Benny and Mickey (McMuffin.) She and Cindy Lou play a lot. Our dogs are lucky they can live with their family group all their lives. Most siblings and mother/daughters get along great and like to run together.

We have now done our 5th run with sleds on snow this year. That is a record for before Thanksgiving. I think we are up to 28 runs total, counting ATV training, since September, so the dogs are looking really good!

We have had 20" of snow so far and there is a good base on the trails. It varies a lot as we go further inland from our Lake Superior snow machine. Down by the Lake there is hardly any snow, but just 5 miles inland, it is well over a foot on the ground now. We have about a foot on the ground here as it settles a lot. If it keeps up, maybe we could start early!