Considering it's been three weeks since they last ran, I felt like the dogs did a great job today. Here are the entries from my training journal, along with some video clips.
First Team:
Date, Day, &c: Friday, November 4, 2011 |
Mileage & Speed: 1.5 miles. Speed not measured. |
Route, Trail & Terrain Conditions: Boyce / Stricker Drive Loop, 2" powder on dirt. Four-wheeler |
Weather: 25 degrees (F), overcast skies. |
Team: Capella & Just (Lead) Denali & Grace Selene & Midnight's Son |
Narrative: Overall a very smooth, easy run. Just and Capella missed the "haw" cue at the top of the loop, but recovered very quickly. Grace did not have a neck-line, and had to be prompted to run with the team just once. I kept her hooked to the drop line until just before we launched, so she did not have an opportunity to grab the lines. Best of all, she didn't snark at Midnight once that I noticed. Selene was watching Midnight pretty closely through much of the run, but both dogs were hard onto their tug lines so there was no apparent problem with that. |
Second Team:
Date, Day, &c: Friday, November 4, 2011 |
Mileage & Speed: 1.5 miles. Speed not measured. |
Route, Trail & Terrain Conditions: Boyce / Stricker Drive Loop, 2" powder on dirt. Four-wheeler |
Weather: 25 degrees (F), overcast skies |
Team: Rose & Orion (lead) Seamus & Cassiopeia Beau & Nels |
Narrative: Orion and Rose swapped sides while we were attempting to launch, which resulted in a harness tangle. It was easily fixed and the second attempt to launch went off without problems. Orion did not chew his harness today, but I didn't really give him an opportunity to do so. The leaders needed quite a bit of help making the "haw" signal at the top of the loop, but they were spot on in their responses to all other signals during the run. |
Thoroughly enjoyed the videos - watched them both a few times. Thanks for posting.
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