The North Star Sled dog Club (We are members) held the fall fun run and membership meeting this weekend we attend today Sat. only, This was our first time at an event with other dog teams. Heard a great presentation by Dr. Jerry Vanek on canine parasites, but did not get notes... Grrrrr. Ran 5 SSS and Achilles estimate a 7.5 mile run on the looping trails Very nice, We are now to the point that It is obvious Achilles cannot keep up with the Seppala's after just a short time, he does not have the stamina ( and he has the most miles in this fall out of any dog here)... He gets tired by trying to keep up the pace and starts to sour as a lead not taking commands.The SSS are starting to respect me as boss, gaining control little or no snarfing in the team, Although I think a big part of my problem was having 2 new females (both going into heat not long after arriving here) along with 5 new unaltered males all into a new kennel and new owner with our 4 SH's and our GSD mix.
We learned that we need to work on onby with other teams passing head on as the two times it occurred we did not get onby... no major tangles but not a clean pass. Did not get a chance to overtake and try a pass as the situation did not present itself.
The run host Rick and Annette Johnson were very gracious and real nice folks. http://www.sleddogcentral.com/displayads/johnson.htm
We also met Ivy & Mike who may come down to do some running of dogs with us. The have 2 dogs and run them with a trike, (Not sure if they have a sled as well)
Will be running all SSS in team from here on in and using the SH's as a second team to work on passing etc.
