Running the snow packed gravel road from home with 8 dogs, set 2 female leads followed by the 4 male A litter-mate yearlings 2x2, then Nuchok single and Tsarko single at wheel (so we are longer by 1 two dog section then the normal 8 dog side by side set up) So anyway we been this way before going the other direction its an up hill grade, and last time only 1 dog was out at this house we pass and we got by with it free running along yapping at us but not real clean, Tyna at lead had to drag Vixen and the pups by the driveway and I was real proud of her for that (This was at nite) So today I take the opposite direction setting us up to go by at speed and just blow by this little dust mop on the opposite side of the road. And as we approch the drive I see people out in the driveway... oh oh... errrr wait it's Xmas people visiting and what not... Good! dust mop will be in the house away from traffic of holiday visitors and passing dogteams... Hike hike I call out as we pick up the pace following with the idea of fly past before the dust mop can manage to get to the end of the driveway to the road....Oh no he heard me he is at the end of the drive and now already in the road.. the people were standing in the drive with a LITTER OF YORKSHIRE TERRIER PUPS must be a dozen flying out the drive way from behind the snowbanks.... ALL of them charging the leaders as we are hitting stride, full on, slight down grade softish snow pack road shoulder...the whole team swings left to meet lunch on the fly................................. S N O W HOOOOOK!!!!!
And it grabs...... So the dogs are at the end of his drive surrounded by yapping little Yorkie's! musta been at least a dozen.. I am doing all I can to keep the hook in the hard ice, snow, gravel road... and being we were on the far right and swung left I am in the middle of the road and looking for any cars coming screaming at Tyna to Geeehikedonteatthemutherfucker nononononNONONOgeeover godmiTYNA, and this guy has got a broom and I am about to scream hey don't hit my dogs mutherf... when he starts sweeping and shooing up the yorkies and using the broom to get his dogs out of the mess and Tynas starting to drag the team back right... no yorkies in any of my dogs mouth's... the guys apologizing for messin us up as we kinda start gong the right direction. yeah me to I says.. My lead dog shoulda taken us Onby I look ahead and one more is coming at us... oh shit...... it swerves around us to get to the rest of its litter-mates.. Had to untangle one dog after we got down the road a bit and made it home with no more issues..
That was to be the warm up take a little excess energy off the top before giving the grand kids rides around the yard loop.. I and the dogs needed to call it a day at that point unfortunately.
