My "sled dogs" <pics/videos>

I bought myself and the dogs a little kicksled for Christmas. We've been having a blast with it so far. I meant to order dog sled harnesses too before it arrived but I haven't had a chance so I've used their normal harnesses. I have no idea what I'm doing, but we're having fun. :D

On Friday I went with my friend and her two dogs Lady (german shorthair) and Vash (corgi). We attached Lady to the sled and let Vash run along with it, he kept up well for such a short legged dog!
Here is a video of just the huskies and I before we hooked up Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em2HAQ1x2fo
This is a video of all three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYAtDroHiW4
Some photos...
On the way back, they were tired
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled01.jpg
Stopping to rest
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled02.jpg

These are from today, my parents went walking too they had Skya and Sydney. We hooked Skya up for a little while just to see how she liked it, she ran right with them and did very well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled04.jpg
Group shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled05.jpg
Bad pic of me :o
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled06.jpg
This cracks me up...that is my mom...obviously it freaked her out a little bit lol.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../dogsled07.jpg

Oh boy, I can see your next great adventure thread coming! j/k:p Thats looks like fun! :D

Great job, Sled Dogs Skya, Keva, Nebo and hello, Lady and Vash! Syd, you get to be in the picture too and just be beautiful! Hugs, hugs, hugs all around!

Great shots Amy. Looks like they are loving it! I'm sure they will get the hang of it real quick. I wish we had more snow here more often.... I'd get a sled in a heartbeat.

Wow that is way too fun:D I love the picture of Sid in the kicksled :love: what a smart lil pupper he is:D:D

Wow, Amy awesome pics! HOW much fun is that LOL. I would love to have dogs to pull my sled like that. Do they actually know the commands to stop and go? Nebo and Keva are making their ancestors proud and Lady is probably the first Pointer ever to pull a sled. They did awesome! Good job, Vash! :D

How fun!!!! That looks like a blast for the humans and the puppers.

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Originally Posted by Alysser

Wow, Amy awesome pics! HOW much fun is that LOL. I would love to have dogs to pull my sled like that. Do they actually know the commands to stop and go? Nebo and Keva are making their ancestors proud and Lady is probably the first Pointer ever to pull a sled. They did awesome! Good job, Vash! :D

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Quite the contrary actually. A huge majority of sprint racing sled dogs are pointer mixes and some are pure pointers.

WoW!! :cool:
NEET-O!!
:D

Wonder what Zipp & Zopp would think about that?

They'd prolly insist on getting Union cards so they chould charge scale rate. :p

And I picture Mini-Mutt riding on the seat - *Yipp-Yappin* for all she's worth!

Amy - Where'd you buy the Kicksled?

I keep meaning to get harnesses for the Hellions to try something like that using either my teleboard or monoski instead of a sled.

Thanks for the pics.

I'm so glad you got the sled!! Great pictures and video. That looks like so much fun. :D

Well, I just woke up from a much needed nap, and I dreamed that I was in my yard and there were Nebo, Keva, and Skya napping in the bushes.....Then you walked up with your sled.....then I woke up!! All I have to say is that was one long sledding trip from Utah to Dallas!!!!

That looks like fun, But after looking at your mom's face I was wondering how dangerous it would be? Is this something anyone can try or do you need to train first? And where would you buy the sled, I've never seen any around here.

Amy that is so awesome now you have your own sled dog team. ;) It looks very fun and a great way to excersize your pups! :) Of course they are all gorgeous as always and it looks like Vash and Lady did pretty well, too they're pretty cute! :)

Wow, what fun! But I would be like your mom, scared out of my wits. Like how do I get them to stop? No, No not towards that tree!

I never heard of a kick sled - but it sure looks like fun for both the dogs and you - and what a great way to exercise them. Thanks for sharing.

That is so cool! It looks like so much fun. The dogs look like they are naturals at it. Thanks for sharing the fun with us.

That looks like fun! I already saw the videos on youtube. :) I think I rated them 5 stars for you. :)

Wow, that looks like so much fun.:D Great pictures & videos. Thanks
for sharing these.:)

OMG how FUN!!!

:D
I love your mom's face!! :D

And there is your adorable Schnauzer.

Let's face it, Amy. You are one exciting young lady. You will try anything. That's so cool. The dogs are naturals. The pictures are fantastic. I love it!! I wonder if Tamara will see them.:)

that looks like great fun and exercise for the doggies:D

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Originally Posted by boomersooner

Well, I just woke up from a much needed nap, and I dreamed that I was in my yard and there were Nebo, Keva, and Skya napping in the bushes.....Then you walked up with your sled.....then I woke up!! All I have to say is that was one long sledding trip from Utah to Dallas!!!!

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Haha, now that would be quite the trip! I think I'd have to feed them steaks every night for them to pull that far. ;)

I bought the sled on ebay. They sell the same sled on www.snowshoe.com but I found a better deal on ebay. In the picture with my mom the dogs weren't even going very fast...they were tired, I was running ahead to get them to chase me. They can get going pretty fast though. It is a little scary trying to get them to stop, it has a brake but it isn't that effective, usually I just drag my foot and tell them to stop and they slow down.

Very cool! That looks so fun!

Great videos and pictures. That looks like so much fun.:)

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This is too much ...

Hey Amy ~
Have the Kids tried Solo Sledding?

Watch >>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm9xr_x4XSY

Way *CUTE*!!

:D