In November of 2008 Jon and I had quite the Adventure with our two younger boys Kaffi and Jolasveinn. We took them to a "Run what you Brung" offered by Catherine and Eric Benson of Maryland Sleddog Adventures, LLC Yep that's Kaffi and Jolasveinns little Chocolate and Vanilla butts in the middle of the Benson's wonderful dog team. It's true what they say, unless your the lead dog the view is always the same
Jon, myself and the boys were introduced to mushing equipment, training and conditioning techniques, and commands. Catherine and Eric put all this information in an easy and friendly format, giving you a hands on experience. The boys learned terms such as "line out" a command to have them keep the lines out tight to prevent tangling and as in the photo above "Gee-over", or move over to the right
Yep, that really is Kaffi and Jolasveinn working as part of a Sled Dog team! Well Kaffi was working, Jolasveinn was playing, poor Kaff' was tired out by now -- or just plain annoyed with Jolasveinn and just really wanted to get away from him!This Photo was taken by Eric Benson, one half of Maryland Sled Dog Adventures, LLC for more photos taken by Eric from our Adventure go to:
This was a really great autumn day for Jon and myself out with the dogs, and were the boys ever tired out on the way home. Catherine and Eric have several different programs throughout the Chilly months to introduce people to Dog Powered Sports. I also had the opportunity to be able to join them for one of their Boy Scout Programs... the review the Scouts gave "They all loved it!" For more info go to: http://www.marylanddogsledding.com/Index.htm
