Cool mornings mean a start to fall training, an exciting time for us as well as the dogs. Oftentimes, a young dog that we have worked with the winter before will seemingly spend the summer reflecting on the lessons learned. This makes the first runs of fall exciting, since we get to see who has

We train our dogs to do many things and the fall is the perfect time for it. We have ATVs that we use to run the dogs. One of there benefits is we can stop where ever we want and teach. Because we train on forest service roads we make the dogs “gee over”, that

Fall is a great time for us. Not only is it cool enough to begin running dogs but it is a time to make things better for winter. This year we have a list of items that is long enough that the staff sputtered when they saw it. I think that is a good sign,

I have been reading recently of the growing “dark skies” initiatives. These are communities that using lighting or the lack of to make it possible to see the night sky. Most people cannot even see the Milky Way from where they live. I have been promoting seeing the night sky for decades as one of

Why Head North instead of south for your winter vacation? When you sign up for a sled dog trip it is question your friends will be asking you. Going dogsledding is about adventure, exploration, learning new things and embracing winter. It is about having a unique an authentic experience. While those last sentences sound like

The warm Pacific Ocean event known as an El Nino is in the news again. This year’s is expected to be a record breaker. While it means that many areas of the country and our state of Minnesota will lose out on winter it does not follow that we will. Our kennel sits neatly just

We believe in feeding people well on our sled dog trips. Nothing creates an appetite like a day out in the winter. But sometimes even the best plans can go astray. One night in our Yurt camp we were serving fresh pumpkin pie for dessert. For the whipped cream we send out the ingredients in

In 2011 our area was hit with a forest fire, the Pagami creek fire. On one day it made a run of 16 miles, much further than anyone had thought that it could. This put the fire within 8 miles of our kennel. Having to face the prospect of evacuation with 100 dogs was very