It got colder

Hi from the Yukon. Our temp finally dropped to 10 below C in the morning and 0 in the afternoon. . This is good for training. Problem is it had rained really hard before the temp dropped. Now our trail system is pure ice. This is bad for dog's feet. When you train them on this ice there is a chance to cut their feet. This is a bad is time to cut up feet so early in the yr. I guess any time is a bad time to cut feet. LOL . Also they can slip on the ice causing injury this early in the yr. It is not a good idea either. so the dogs are back to running loose in their fenced area. This area is quite big and provides exercise and social activity that is important to the dogs well being. Although I would rather have them run five miles in training this is better than nothing. It isn't worth the risk out on the training trail at the moment. Patients is a big part of this type of sport.
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We are hoping for some snow now and we will go right away to running with the sleds. When this happens we will reduce our team sizes to six dogs in a team. This will be a good time to train leaders to lead small teams. We need to train three pairs of leaders to be able to lead the four six and eight dog teams that Rachel will be racing this year. There is lots of training left this year. So we are really in need to get them out as much as possible. The dogs are young this year and need lots of hours to figure it all out.