Yah it is frozen through...and of course I grabbed it cuz I wanted some...:(
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Friday, January 9, 2009
weather update...still cold
Yah it is frozen through...and of course I grabbed it cuz I wanted some...:(
Thursday, January 8, 2009
the cold is warming up
I dont know how long for sure we have been in this cold "snap" for, I am pretty sure it has been about a month and a half now. We have had -30 to -50 here. We have been in it long enough that when we go out side, it seems not too bad at all. Infact it is now 'warm' enough to do chores and quick out side tasks in my PJs.
I am starting to worry about the possibility of it warming up too much, if it were to jump and hit -20 , WOW we will be everywhere in our t shirts and PJs. Also the dogs, can you imagine living through 2 months (not warming up soon) in -40 and then it hits -20 and it is time to run again, we will have to watch them for sure.
The dogs are doing great outside though, and seem to enjoy the weather. I have a few that curl up ontop of the dog houses and sleep outside no matter the tempature, silly puppys, dont they know how much trouble it is to get them straw?
Since I am still taking it easy due to my knee injury I have not been running them at all since the cold set it. The weather deffintaly brings it challenges, the biggest is fire wood, oh the beauty of easy to get fire wood. Which no longer exists. Hayden is currently working in Dawson City, about 7 hours north of here, he has the 4x4 and i am stuck with the truck that decided it does not wish to worken after -30. Flippin piece of s**t. So wood has been a challenge to get, last summer the truck was broke down while we waited and waited for parts from the US, because the canadians that had the part did not want to sell it. 30000 dodges here in canada (or something at least that) 2 parts in canada, and neither would sell the part...NICE.
The cold brings and increadable beauty to us here, the sky is usually bright blue, and clear, the trees are all frosted amd look set for a movie, the sunsets have great color and it is one if not my favorite time of the year it is peacefull and beautiful here. All the dogs and wild animals are in their full winter fluff, and are just so increadably beautiful, and now it is warm as well , for short periods of time :) One of my goals for next year is to save up for a camerea that can show how pretty it is, I find the small one i have does great upclose , but not much for landscapes.
I will try to get back on here and do more posting, even if it is just rambling on till we can get back out running. After all with the cold it is a great time to play with puppies and do inside time with the other dogs.
May everyones stove stay burning,hot chocolate flowing and warm times with friends and family while it is cool outside.
I am starting to worry about the possibility of it warming up too much, if it were to jump and hit -20 , WOW we will be everywhere in our t shirts and PJs. Also the dogs, can you imagine living through 2 months (not warming up soon) in -40 and then it hits -20 and it is time to run again, we will have to watch them for sure.
The dogs are doing great outside though, and seem to enjoy the weather. I have a few that curl up ontop of the dog houses and sleep outside no matter the tempature, silly puppys, dont they know how much trouble it is to get them straw?
Since I am still taking it easy due to my knee injury I have not been running them at all since the cold set it. The weather deffintaly brings it challenges, the biggest is fire wood, oh the beauty of easy to get fire wood. Which no longer exists. Hayden is currently working in Dawson City, about 7 hours north of here, he has the 4x4 and i am stuck with the truck that decided it does not wish to worken after -30. Flippin piece of s**t. So wood has been a challenge to get, last summer the truck was broke down while we waited and waited for parts from the US, because the canadians that had the part did not want to sell it. 30000 dodges here in canada (or something at least that) 2 parts in canada, and neither would sell the part...NICE.
The cold brings and increadable beauty to us here, the sky is usually bright blue, and clear, the trees are all frosted amd look set for a movie, the sunsets have great color and it is one if not my favorite time of the year it is peacefull and beautiful here. All the dogs and wild animals are in their full winter fluff, and are just so increadably beautiful, and now it is warm as well , for short periods of time :) One of my goals for next year is to save up for a camerea that can show how pretty it is, I find the small one i have does great upclose , but not much for landscapes.
I will try to get back on here and do more posting, even if it is just rambling on till we can get back out running. After all with the cold it is a great time to play with puppies and do inside time with the other dogs.
May everyones stove stay burning,hot chocolate flowing and warm times with friends and family while it is cool outside.
Friday, January 2, 2009
well we have had a terrible training season here. Snow and temps have been perfect, but between vehical,sleds and my increadable talent to injure myself we have not been able to do much with the dogs. So all our plans to race this year fell apart, and it has been heartbreaking to just feed them and allow them to loose run and run as little as we have.
On the bright side we have found that Red is turning out to be a great dog, and better yet an amazing lead dog. With more training I can not wait to see how she does. The 2 yr olds we have (red,kisses, and asker) have proven to be natural sleddogs always working hard and always ready to go, what I really love also is they are so calm during hook up, nce on the line they seem to find their inner peace, lol. I love calm dogs during hook up.
We are hoping to start the harness breaking of this years litter of 5 (we have kept all of them)Once the weather breaks we can do more with them, and once my knee heals I will be adding them into the team again.
We are also very excited to have another litter on the ground, we have 2 males and 2 females DOB: Nov.30.08. The mother is Queen and father is Garter. http://yukonsibes.tripod.com/id1.html We were planning on no litters this winter, but we decided to go ahead with Queen and Garter after all. Again all the pups will be staying with us.
On a another note, we have decided to place some dogs, we are planning on placing glinda into a pet retirment home, although she is still running on the team and does good, she is starting to slow down and , she is a great pet in the house, (arnt they all?). I feel she should be able to get spoiled and live with a fam that can spoil and devote their time to her. We are placing 2 pups from this years litter as well. This is a part of dogs I could do with out, having to decide who stays and who is to go. Of course if the right home does not come along, they stay with us, so in the end all ends well I guess.
My knee is almost better and I should be back on the sled soon. (fingures crossed) So this year we are not racing as we had planned, we with trian and work on leaders and training the younger bunch, and have fun with the new litter.
Once the cold breaks I can get the camera out and take pics of the dogs, and do some up dating. I will try to be on here more as things hopefully get better here.
We wish every one a happy new years and best wishes in the race season this year! We will be in Whitehorse for the start of the Yukon Quest to watch that, and I hope to be in Dawson as a volunteer for the quest, but have not commited to Dawson as of yet. Safe trails everyone.
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