Americano Blue's musher/mushing chat thread

[Americano Blue]

Sorry I had to go make a fire. It's getting cold in here.
What is the type(puppy, adult, senior, active, large breed, small, fish, chicken turkey, pork barley, peas)?
Details please. I'll google and look at ingredients

Athlete/active. (Can't remember what they call it.)

 

[RezChamp]

Athlete/active. (Can't remember what they call it.) 

So, Premium Adult Formula or Hi-Energy Formula?
I think the Adult one's guarenteed analysis is something like 28/20 and has 2 out of 5 stars, like really low tier rating. I don't know about the hi energy.
But I would think if you've been feeding this all along it should be fine. Especially if you're feeding extra meat. Ft is important. Unlike humans working in a n artificial environment, dogs need fat. I know you know this, I'm just reaffirming.

 

[Americano Blue]

So, Premium Adult Formula or Hi-Energy Formula?
I think the Adult one's guarenteed analysis is something like 28/20 and has 2 out of 5 stars, like really low tier rating. I don't know about the hi energy.
But I would think if you've been feeding this all along it should be fine. Especially if you're feeding extra meat. Ft is important. Unlike humans working in a n artificial environment, dogs need fat. I know you know this, I'm just reaffirming.

I have to go look.

 

[RezChamp]

Have you checked out Presidents Choice NutritionFirst Grain-Free Salmon & Potatoe?
Wow. If I could afford to feed it to my dogs I would. That with extra meats and fats....wow

 

[RezChamp]

I have to go look.

K. I'll go check fire. Gona hafta sign off soon though. Battery going down and then I gota go to my dads.

 

[RezChamp]

K. I'm back. Wuzup then? Did you check?

 

[RezChamp]

Wow. I just chechked out that PC SAlmon & Potatoe. The first 3 ingredients are fish and the guaranteed analysis is 32/15 protein/fat. I didn't know it was that good. I thought it was salmon as first ingredient then potatoe

 

[RezChamp]

K. I got go now. I told my dad I'd be there an hour ago.

Catch-up 2 evry1 2moro
G-nyt

 

[charnic44]

Ya, 16 way more manageable . Besides, I'm getting " unyoung" and kinda crippled here and there.

Ya! Why 26? My curiosity is piqued now.

No. " mush" or "dog" does not sound like phone to me. Maybe just her way get you to lose focus. Or maybe it's beyond her comrehension. Or maybe she wants her baby to do something that ain't as dangerous.

Ha! I'm not her baby. I'm the middle child; the one who gets looked over and ignored. My little sister is her baby and my big sister is her spitting image. I'm the ignored one. That's just how it is and how it's always been.

O. IC IC. Kinda what I figured.
I know The Pas(sounds like paw) has a 3 days x 25miles/day 10 dog team out of a pool of 12 dogs. That means you have 12 dogs to choose from but you are allowed only 10 on line. You can switch them out over the next 2 legs
The Pas was the first World Championship Dog Race. Quite the history.

Interesting. That's cool.

I don't have a full time job. Actually that's a lie. Sorry. My only full time job is my dogs. They help me hunt, trap a wee bit,( I wana do the fishing thing too but....), haul wood, and help me introduce international guests to my world.
I had a full time job at the landfill site for 2 years but it cost me too much to hire help and buy dogfood since I no longer had time to do it myself or to fish, hunt or trap to feed my my fam and dogs. As well I didn't have the time to run my dogs. Especially in winter, because I'd go to work just after sunup and get home 45 mins after sundown.
So I quit. Now I have odd jobs that help financially without being a pain in the butt, make the odd buck by taking people for rides and also make the odd buck by hauling firewood. Plus I have tenants living on my land paying me enough that I don't need to worry bout paying my electric bill or taxes.
My dogs get to eat, sleep and exercise and I get to spend time with them and do the same, enjoy life.
TTFN.

What ever works. My family raises quarter horses so I have to break the 2 and 3 year olds and ride them all summer. I get $1 for each ride but I rarely have time to ride more than 2 a day plus chores and working with my other 4-H animals (pig/steer, chickens, other horses, ect.) I'm thinking about getting an easy job baby-sitting or something to help pay for the dogs.


I had some extra time today because my school got out an hour early and I decided to train one of my dogs I have already. I figure if I can't get a sled dog breed, I make my dogs into sled dogs. My collie/heeler cross, Badger, did good. I don't have an actual harness, so I improvised. I used a horse halter and lead ropes. At first I let him run around with the halter on and ropes dragging and then I tied a plastic bucket to the ropes to get him used to the sound. He did great, then I hooked up an old little wagon and he drug that through the snow a while. By this time, Rowdy had come over with a stick so I threw it and Badger took off after him. The wagon is old and rusty and the sudden jolt made the back wheels/axel fall off. ( ) So now, the wagon is part wagon, part sled. He pulled it some more and then he got to be done. He did really good for not knowing what the heck I was doing to him. Lol.

 

[Americano Blue]

Ha! I'm not her baby. I'm the middle child; the one who gets looked over and ignored. My little sister is her baby and my big sister is her spitting image. I'm the ignored one. That's just how it is and how it's always been.
Interesting. That's cool.
What ever works. My family raises quarter horses so I have to break the 2 and 3 year olds and ride them all summer. I get $1 for each ride but I rarely have time to ride more than 2 a day plus chores and working with my other 4-H animals (pig/steer, chickens, other horses, ect.) I'm thinking about getting an easy job baby-sitting or something to help pay for the dogs.


I had some extra time today because my school got out an hour early and I decided to train one of my dogs I have already. I figure if I can't get a sled dog breed, I make my dogs into sled dogs. My collie/heeler cross, Badger, did good. I don't have an actual harness, so I improvised. I used a horse halter and lead ropes. At first I let him run around with the halter on and ropes dragging and then I tied a plastic bucket to the ropes to get him used to the sound. He did great, then I hooked up an old little wagon and he drug that through the snow a while. By this time, Rowdy had come over with a stick so I threw it and Badger took off after him. The wagon is old and rusty and the sudden jolt made the back wheels/axel fall off. ( ) So now, the wagon is part wagon, part sled. He pulled it some more and then he got to be done. He did really good for not knowing what the heck I was doing to him. Lol.

awesome. I used a lab as my first.sled dog. Be warned about herding breeds, they are slef serving dogs. When they get bored or tired, they stop and wint pull. (I tried a border collie.) Also they tend to try to her the others making the team lose focus. I woukd try a lab if you have one.