Some random sledding pics and video...

[Freedom]

right now she has a serious case of puppy brain too!

Poor Tehya, getting picked on for doing what she does best: being Tehya! Making us smile, keeping everyone on their toes, being a big puppy, biting Anvik.

Thank you for the video and photos. It is SO lovely there; from sitting here inside nice and warm. Sunrise at 10:30??! Not for me, but I enjoy the photos. I had to read ahead and then go see the video, I really didn't know what I was looking at / looking for. Once I understood, I could pick out the roamer, lol. You really do bring us an education with all this lovely scenery as the backdrop! Thank you.

[cassiesmom]

If the dogs' feet are that soft, they need booties.

Glacier, I've never thought about that before. I would have thought that the cold and snow would be harder on their feet than just the trail surface, but from your post I learned that it's the opposite. I wonder if it's like guitar players' fingers - when I stopped playing regularly I noticed that my fingers went soft really fast. When you stop sledding for the season, do the dogs' feet need to get back "in shape" in the fall, so to speak? Or - do they walk and run around enough over the summer that they're okay?

Woooo, precious Tehya and everyone, I've enjoyed looking at your mom's photos over and over!

[Cinder & Smoke]

The public perception of mushing is bad enough already.

Take Heart, Tamara - not everyone thinks bad thoughts about Mushing ...
This article should make you >>>

Dog-sledding, like climate, heating up ...
Racers, tourists follow snow north or join the sport's dry-land aficionados

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22620875/

Enjoy!

/s/ Phred