Posts belonging to Category Dog Blogs'

Excellent Dog Training/Human Training Book

  Two of our regular racers at the Siskiyou Sled Dog Races have a new book out.  I highly recomend it to dog and non dog owners.  it is full of the lessons that dogs can teach us.  I believe in everything in the book.  Many thoughts that I have had, it is just that [...]

Dog Conditioning and Trust

  Lesson #2…… Keep it fun
When I started training our sled dogs to race, I would hook up the dogs and run them, bring them home panting and tired, thinking we had a good run.  Wrong!
  After a couple of  seasons of not reaching the finish line at distance races, I sarted to re-evaluate my thinking.  If [...]

Dog Training and Conditioning

 Recently  Arleigh Reynolds, (the top ranked team in the open dog sprints)  internationally know as one of the top experts on dog training and nutrition was here visiting in northern CA and stayed for a couple of days with us.  During one of our many dog discusions Arleigh mentioned that he talks at many conventions around the country and some [...]

Dogsled Express, Closed For the Season

 We still have 3 to 6 feet of snow, so why are we shutting down for the season? How can that be?  We are actually getting more snow today!  The problem is that when the warm weather has been melting the snow off unevenly on the trail.  The reflection on the mountain side of the trail [...]

A Happy Easter Greeting From Bunnies – Doggie Style!

A  Blessed and Happy Easter to all.  It is snowing at home and dumping another foot at our trailhead.  Sunny weather  and  fresh snowy trails for your spring tour. Click Easter Bunnies for stunning photos!     Easterbunnies

Dogsled Express Sled Dog Tours Still Open For Business

 It’s Friday the 2nd of April.  Guess what?  We are still available for tours.  The short rides aren’t available due to tree wells mentling out into the trail.  It is snowy like crazy today and just talked to freinds at the ski park and we have 5 inches of fresh snow, noon. and we are [...]

Dogsled Express Spring Dogsled Tours

  We still have 3 to 5 feet of snow!  We have the best spring mushing conditions that I have ever seen in the twenty years that I have been into the sport.  The warmth will probably shut us down before we run out of snow.  So come out and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.  We [...]

Kennel Cleaning or the Art of Scooping Poop!

  This is a light hearted blog about the ongoing effort to keeping it interesting while you go through the daily routine of scooping poop for a large kennel.

Dogsled Express Tour Photos

Penelope is anxious for her ride with Grampa Jerry

Love those fancy mittons.  Look for more photos like this one of Penelope cheerleading the dogs prior to her tour with Grampa Jerry, on the newest addition to our website.  Click on the Tour Photos to see the latest snow and trail conditions and pictures of happy dogs [...]

Valentine’s Day Romantic Dogsled Ride

  You know what the experts say.  To create excitment towards an evening of romance is not to take them to a movie (boring) but to start the date on a roller coaster!