Training run
Nov 10th 2007sleddoggerfall training
Today is an awesome day for running, overcast, 0*c, and nice and dry. We just took one team out, since Jess is still sore. Apparently she’s a bit more sore now, but hey, no pain, no gain, right? Sorry bout that, Jess! 8-P Mom said next time I should get someone else to help, so Jess can actually heal. But we just took three dogs, Ruger, Slate, and Blacky. There were all happy to get out. We’ve given Blacky a break from lead the last few runs. Usually I run him up front with Slate, but last time we ran Mufasa in lead, and this time Ruger. They all did good. Blacky ran hard and pulled with all his might, as usual. Slate did too, and did awesome in lead. Ruger, well, pulled most of the time, but I had to keep on him. He’s gotten away with slacking, but no more. When I run him with Sierra in lead, he doesn’t really pull, and she’s not a very hard-driving leader. She does much better in team. But with Slate actually working hard, if I slow down enough, Ruger has to pull. He just needs a bit of reminder! He’s such a big dog. His harness is huge, and I still think it could be bigger. It’s hard to tell, with all of his fur! But overall the run went very well. I’m very pleased with how Blacky’s coming along. He pulls great in any position, and is doing much better standing in line. Slate’s amazing, and a real workhorse. Listen well, too. Blacky and Sierra listen well, and seem to know what I want. Ruger, well, doesn’t really pay much attention to me unless I have food. He’s a good dog though. I like him.
I went to visit the people that have Rainy last night, and she was so excited to see me! I took her for a walk, because she was all hyper and wouldn’t stay still. After that, she calmed down and was settled when I left. She’s so cute! She loves being a house dog though.
The puppies are growing so fast! They’re all growling and playing in the dog house. None of them have ventured out on their own yet. They come about halfway out of the house, and then decide it’s too cold, or bright, or scary or something, and turn around. But we’ve taken them out to play with. They’ll be three weeks tomorrow, so we might start to try weaning them. I know Foxy would appreciate it! Poor girl, just gives me this look as she tries to make room for them all to nurse, like, ‘pity me!’ That’s when I look at Blacky and say, ‘you’re the one that did this to her!’ He doesn’t seem to care. I gave Foxy some milk and syrup the other day, and she grabbed the cup and started carrying it around. Here’s a pic:
Isn’t she cute? Four of the boys will look a lot like her. Same colour, anyway.
On the chicken front, we got eight eggs this morning. Not bad, eh� Usually after a year they only lay every couple of days, so twelve chickens laying eight eggs isn’t bad. Yesterday we got seven. We’ll likely get twelve laying chicks in the spring, plus two roosters. Seems to be a good number for the coop we built.
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