Americano Blue's musher/mushing chat thread

[Americano Blue]

Don't get the impression that I like beat or abuse my dogs. They get punished when it is needed (like with food aggression) but they get lots of love and play time. All four do agility. 2 do it for showing and the others do it for fun and love it.

 

[RezChamp]

She is a pretty strong headed dog and a lot stronger then me. I would have just pinned her and got the whole thing over with but I ended up having to fight her. Once I got her on her side I sat on her and she gave up. She only really submits to me now though. i dont just challenge my dogs though, she challenged me. She not the best a fighting so it was easy beating her. We wrestled for fun when she was a pup so i know all her tricks. i have really weird training styles. But hey, me and one if mu dogs took 2nd in obedience so it seems to work.
thanks!

Smart. I play with my dogs sometimes too. Not very often though. I don't have much time for that with everything else that I do. I did with my Dobey. And sometimes with Okimaw and Muskwa. Just lots on my plate now. I love up these ones once in awhile but most of my praise for them is while they are working. I think that's why they work so hard for me.

And you are quite welcome young lady.

 

[RezChamp]

Don't get the impression that I like beat or abuse my dogs. They get punished when it is needed (like with food aggression) but they get lots of love and play time. All four do agility. 2 do it for showing and the others do it for fun and love it.

No. I know. Bin around dogs all my life. Ever read Job in the bible? It's cool. Animals, rocks, trees, fish, birds...... They all talk. You just gota open your eyes. That being said, a mind clouded with judgment and ill perception. An open mind is a gift. I think so anyway. Dogs can sure teach us a lot if we listen with our heart. As do beasts in the field, birds in the air, fish in the water, trees in forest, rocks on the ground. Job 12:7 I believe. Not sure. Bin awhile.

 

[Americano Blue]

Smart. I play with my dogs sometimes too. Not very often though. I don't have much time for that with everything else that I do. I did with my Dobey. And sometimes with Okimaw and Muskwa. Just lots on my plate now. I love up these ones once in awhile but most of my praise for them is while they are working. I think that's why they work so hard for me.

And you are quite welcome young lady.

Alaskan huskies rock in agility. Meringue has greyhound which gives her speed to win. Problem is i can't keep up lol

 

[SternRose]

2things
1love the pics!
2 I'm getting alot of sled dog equipment and books for Christmas.

The pups are getting big! There's this one named Hank, and he's my baby! I'm hoping to keep him, but for that to happen I'll need to have his outside set up ready and for 2dogs to leave the house. I can have his set up ready but not the 2less dogs. That depends on my 2oldest siblings.

, hank is perfect so far. But his eyes arnt even open yet so

, he still needs time so I can further evaluate him and his strengths and weaknesses.

 

[Americano Blue]

2things
1love the pics!
2 I'm getting alot of sled dog equipment and books for Christmas.

The pups are getting big! There's this one named Hank, and he's my baby! I'm hoping to keep him, but for that to happen I'll need to have his outside set up ready and for 2dogs to leave the house. I can have his set up ready but not the 2less dogs. That depends on my 2oldest siblings.

, hank is perfect so far. But his eyes arnt even open yet so

, he still needs time so I can further evaluate him and his strengths and weaknesses.

Awesome

 

[RezChamp]

2things
1love the pics!
2 I'm getting alot of sled dog equipment and books for Christmas.

The pups are getting big! There's this one named Hank, and he's my baby! I'm hoping to keep him, but for that to happen I'll need to have his outside set up ready and for 2dogs to leave the house. I can have his set up ready but not the 2less dogs. That depends on my 2oldest siblings.

, hank is perfect so far. But his eyes arnt even open yet so

, he still needs time so I can further evaluate him and his strengths and weaknesses.

Mushing gear and books how to mush. Cool. Good for you.

 

[RezChamp]

I am not intentionally singling out any one. This message is for everyone. I put this out there in all the discussion pages, sites or whatever these things are called.


I recently became aware of this "rescue service" take some dogs from a racing kennel because "basic needs" weren't being met. Apparently basic needs is having her ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus cut out and his testicles cut off and trained to sit on a couch or stay in a cage all day and let out only to pee and poop on command. Yes this part of the training process for "rescued" dogs.
It's like "its so frigid in the arctic and polar regions. Let's go catch all those poor freezing PolarBears eating big ugly Walruses and fat Seals and disgusting tasting ArcticChar and take them the nice warm AfricanCongo jungle and train them to eat only tender vegetation and sweet bananas. They'll sure do good there in that nice hot, humid jungle with all that herbs and fruit"
If anyone believes that I have some ocean side property in Arizona that I can give this amazing deal if you buy it from me.
My point you ask.... Puppies actually should be born outside if they are to be living outside rather than being born in a nice warm, somewhat humid environment and the moved outside to a cooler, dryer environment.
Puppies are tough yes, but I think it's absolutely human minded to acclimate any body/thing, especially a baby, to an environment then switch them to a different one. It's hard on the entire system, growth, immune system, hair, ears, eyes, bones, brain...the whole system.
All humans have my blessings to try it. Go outside and stay there in a tent for a cpl months then go back in the house for a cpl months then go back to the tent for a cpl months.

It is extremely hard to see clearly through eyes clouded by a mind of "human ego" clutter and judgment.

Now when I truly open my eyes I see the PolarBear is indeed an animal that has evolved over thousands and thousands of years to live where and how it IS, a PolarBear. That ISit's environment. If I take even just one from there to the jungle it will most likely die. It is a carnivore. It is built to live up north. It is POLAR Bear ! And if it doesn't die rightaway in the jungle it may eventually find and mate with the local bears. Then when it does die and the offspring and offspring of offspring and theirs and theirs.... .....hence, no more polar bear.

We as humans need to awaken our own spirit and mind to defeat our inflated ego in order to see through open eyes.

Again, this is for every human......short, tall....big, small..old, young...not just one,...all. I'm a poet and I know it.

 

[RezChamp]

2things
1love the pics!
2 I'm getting alot of sled dog equipment and books for Christmas.

The pups are getting big! There's this one named Hank, and he's my baby! I'm hoping to keep him, but for that to happen I'll need to have his outside set up ready and for 2dogs to leave the house. I can have his set up ready but not the 2less dogs. That depends on my 2oldest siblings.

, hank is perfect so far. But his eyes arnt even open yet so

, he still needs time so I can further evaluate him and his strengths and weaknesses.

I like the pix too.

 

[RezChamp]

Pipoon and Max are in the pen. He's a real gentleman compared to most males I have.
I think the pups will be born around my birthday. That'd be cool.

It's snowing here rightnow. Nice big fluffy flakes, swirling and twirling rightnow but small flakes earlier. probably again later. With winds from 20MPH to 40MPH it looks like blizzard on the lee side of the house when the snow gets blown off the roof. Definitely "wood fire" heat weather.

I got freaked out last night. My dogs were making a racket about midnight. It wasn't like when a stray comes around. I knew something was up by the way they were barking and yelping and yowling. I got my headlight and on second thought grabbed my big flashlight.
The dogs quit making a racket, but I was halfway there anyway.
For an odd reason I stopped at the feed shack and grabbed the hatchet. Now keep in mind there is a trail through the bush to a clearing where I keep my dogs, the feed shack and the gear hut.
When I got to the clearing I put my headlight on. The dogs of course knew I was there but some kept looking south. Ooooo, forgot to mention there was a south wind.
I circumnavigated the area and then walked upwind for a bit then saw eyes reflecting. I instantly got the willies. I knew it wasn't a coyote wolf or deer by the height and color of the reflection. It was a cougar. I didn't go any further. I just backed up closer. When it looked away I started backing up towards the dogs. The next time I saw the reflections it was about a hundred yards further east of where I first saw it. I had seen that color reflections and movements before. Never saw one in daylight. Freaked me out. So I turned around and quite quickly walked back to the dogs knowing they would be OK.

Well that's my news for the day.
TTFN. Going to a hockey game. Catch up to y'all later.