Name change–from Mack to . . .
Jan 2nd 2008sleddoggerUncategorized
Boxer! I liked Mack, but it just didn’t suit him. So we came up with the name Boxer, which is a lot better. He is the sweetest little thing! Well, not really little. He was fifteen pounds at his last vet appointment, and has grown a ton since! He’s doing really well with his house training. He’s pretty good with ’sit’, and now we’re working on ‘come’. He absolutely loves being in the house! He likes trying to play with Tiger, but Tiger isn’t quite as eager. He’s too fat to do anything, just kind of ignores him.
He’s a pretty photogenic little guy. I have a ton of pictures of him! I’ve been working on a dog scrapbook, and I figure I’ll have quite a few pages of him! I called the kennel club, and they suggested waiting until he’s had all his puppy shots before he starts classes. So we’ll start the next set, in March. We’ll see how that goes, and may dog beginner’s level 1 and 2. I’d like to take him camping, and start bikejoring with him once he’s bigger.
I took a friend of mine out dogsledding the other day. We just took two dogs for her first experience, and it went really well. She enjoyed it, and the dogs did great, once we got going. They weren’t so sure about pulling an extra person, so I let her take the two of them and met them up the trail. We just packed it with snowshoes instead of the snowmachine, and I prefer that. Not as hard-packed, so it’s easier to use the drag brake!
I bought a gps on ebay, and I can’t wait to get it! I want to find our property line, so I can start putting up fencing for the cows. I don’t know how many I’ll get, it’ll depend on how much they are. I’d like to get at least two, preferably three or four. Then I’d sell one or two in the fall, and keep two over the winter. I’ll breed them, if they’re old enough. I’d like to get a small herd going. It’ll take awhile to build up, but you need to start somewhere, right?