outdoorschik
Posted : 4/8/2007 7:45:00 PM
Awww thanks guys, I think she's beautiful too, though I'm quite biased lol.
She has QUITE the drive to work, I worked with her in the kennel I work for doing tours all winter. She has even turned out to be a great lead dog and on her first try up there did amazing.
Problem was, she is TINY compared to the alaskans that we work with, even small/runt sized
compared to other Siberians... she has to sprint to keep up with the big dogs and boy does she... she'd pull her little heart out working way harder than any other dogs on my team sometimes. So, when the owner said he was getting rid of her it was a no brainer for her to come here. She'll train the kennel
uppies with me this spring and work next winter when I do, though she'll get much longer breaks than the other dogs! I'll be hiking canicross style with her in the meantime and bike-joring and skijoring as well.
Today I spent some time on our hike (I harness her with a sledding harness and attach her to my waist with a bungee and leash) being pulled down the steep sections while sitting in the snow like a giant slide... great fun in the deep powder, we had a blast
It's been so interesting... she's at least 2-3 and has never been in a house so: stairs are the enemy, baths create a banshee like scream, and linoleum floors? oh boy they are scary
... though beds are kind of nice lol I used to foster greyhounds from the track so I was ready for this, but it is still an experience to watch them them things for the first time that we normally take for granted.