VicbertAlboria Racing Kennel

This is what happens when you promise the dogs you’ll take the scooter out “no matter what” and don’t check the weather first! I had the dogs harnesses on and everything and as soon as we stepped outside I saw the snow and I was like “oh no...” but I drove down to the trail anyways and it actually went okay! Not a single fall even though the dogs were booking it down some of then hills (now if we could work on having some of that enthusiasm going up the hills too...) all in all a good run! And I found a cool new trail too :)

Victoria Star

In slightly related news, musher only training is going well. Here are some photos from last nights dog-less run. Soon it will be cold enough for me to be able do cannicross for some of my after work runs. I need to decide who will by my cannicross partner. The speedy Victoria (who thinks I’m too slow and has a bad zigzagging habit we need to work through), or the steady-at-my-pace Albert (who has an impulse issue we need to work though if I want him no to dart off the trail dragging me behind). I plan to do one cannicross arace with one of them, and another with one of my sisters dogs this season.

First training run of the season this morning!! I wanted to start earlier this week, but it was always too hot after work, and I didn’t wake up early enough to go before work. The dogs excitement this morning when they watched me bringing the scooter, their harnesses, and the rest of the equipment and supplies we needed from the apartment into the car was INSANE. They knew exactly what was about to happen. It was still a little warmer than I would have liked, and we didn’t go as far as I wanted (half a mile. We ran out of time, as I had to get them home and rush to work), and we didn’t run the route I wanted (you have to go on wood and concrete to get to the dirt trail, and we didn’t make it that far), but other than that it went great! The dogs listened to my commands (I had to say on-by more often than I wanted, but at least they listened when I said it), did almost every turn perfectly, didn’t get into any crazy tangles, and we didn’t crash :P I need to get my phone holder set up so I can get a video of tomorrow’s run :)