Quote Originally Posted by Lobodeb
When will you start sled training her. And pardon the stupid question, but how would you even go about starting her?
She'll probably start in a couple weeks. The lady who pulled her from the pound came over last night and brought a little harness for her. It's from one of her bridge dogs and a perfect fit for Tehya. I didn't have any small size harnesses!

It's very important that she just have fun right now. She can't think it's work or have a negative association with running or she won't want to later. So that means she'll only go on short runs with the best dogs I have in the team and when the trails are most likely to be quiet. No running her with the unpredictable dogs or when something is likely to go wrong! It has to be all fun all the time! I will probably run her beside Pacer in swing to start. Pacer is driven, but calm in harness.

I am hoping that she will want to lead and over the summer and fall she can do some work with Paxil, before Paxil is ready for full retirement. Paxil can teach her to lead far better than I can. I can teach her the commands, but Paxil can teach her stuff only a lead dog knows.