Harness breaking puppies is always entertaining! It's a lot of fun watching them learn how to run in harness and figure out how to manage the gangline. By using a tether at the kennel it automatically trains them how to get untangled in a hurry. Young dogs can start at 6-7 months old, slow, [...]
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 [...]
Turbo and Grace first day of fall training 2014 Fall ATV training is just around the corner in just four weeks! In northern Minnesota our usual start date is right around September 15th plus or minus seven days. Our kennel cutoff is 50-52F for harness training and 55-58F for free running depending on the humidity. [...]
Summer time is fun time for our dogs; running stress free, chasing birds and bunnies, marking bushes and trees, jumping in ponds, creeks, and rivers to cool off, and playing with and challenging each other. I like to take smaller groups of 4-6 dogs to start the season out working on focus and training and [...]
With my BS degree in Exercise Science, coaching, and elite athletic background I always kept a thorough and detailed training journal with as much data as I could collect i.e. time, elevation, distance, avg. spd, heart rate, weight, intensity, etc. As an athlete, it's the only way you can gauge year to year training and [...]
