Dog Blog

For three days during the Christmas blizzard of 2022, the wind kept up a steady blow, moving snow everywhere, taking down trees, blowing anything loose,...

Two feet of fresh snow in mid-November put us on sleds a month earlier than last year. Due to freezing rain before the snow fall...

I find myself in recent years, peering at my life from afar–chopping blocks of meat for the dogs, huddled over the steering wheel of the...

Fall comes easily this year, the cool nights edging in slowly and yet consistent. We haven’t had the wild weather swings of some autumns in...

Two weeks after Beargrease we packed the truck again with 16 dogs and gear for three weeks and drove to Michigan. The Midnight Run starts...

The Honeymoon The race began like every other. We made it to the start line on time, the weather was fair, and the trail hard...

How do you tell them all apart? It’s the first question asked when someone new meets the team. I’m sure their jumping barking faces do...

At our previous homestead off Pine Mountain Road, our kennel was conveniently situated between two main snowmobile trails and several unplowed forest roads. Sometimes with...