I just looooove those frustrating runs and even though skijoring is WAY more mellow and relaxing than running a 10-dog team (or whatever the number!), skijoring isn't without it's faults. For example - a lack of a BRAKE is one of those faults. Those things come in handy on sleds. I suppose I could get a small snow hook, but knowing me, it'd end up embedded in my hand or something (she says as she managed to cut herself and bleed all over her drywall yesterday morning!).
It doesn't help when you have a little turd of a dog who seems to be along just for the ride! Work!?!? What!?? Meeeee? I'm too little and CUTE to work! How about I work for oh, a little bit at the beginning and then for about 1 minute after anytime we stop, then NOT AT ALL for the rest of our hour-long run? That work for you??
Check out Esther's butt under the trailer! She gets a wee bit excited and nervous.
And a stark contrast to PB! Ripper:
Ripper is getting older. I hate when that happens. He is having trouble keeping up with these guys, but hey I guess he is about 11 or 12 now, wow!
So this is her at hookup. Eager to go, right!? OH suuuuuurrrrre.....
We're off to a great start, everyone is working.
Aaaaand check PB! out at our halfway mark, doo-dee-doo.... hey! What's that over there?Huh? PULLL???? Why would I do that? It's just more work!
You can see I just about ran the little twerp over! I have to say though, Esther is AWESOME(thanks Darrell!) and pretty much was the only one pulling the whole run. It was me n' Esther for the most part! Ripper couldn't keep up with them on the way back but he tried. So, I guess he's officially in the "geriatric skijor" category from now on. :)
This is at the end of the run, PB! is delusional in thinking she had a great run, look how freakishly HAPPY she is.
Wow! That was great fun, and for some reason I'm not even tired!? I must be some kind of fitness superhero if I can come back from a run like that and be instantly ready for another one! I should be in the Guiness Book of World Records or something... hey! You should call them? I bet I can even be in there also for the record amount of times I can spin in circles repeatedly. Sure I run into you when you're carrying the food bucket and you go "Geez Pooh Bear! Watch where you're spinning!" - but how can I THINK when I'm spinning SO FAST!?!? My body goes faster than my brain sometimes.... hee hee!!!! Let's go for another run guys!
Ok, so I think I'll keep her - for the entertainment factor if nothing else!
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Rats! I was going to place a bid.
Where is all your snow???? No wonder you were excited for your mini blizzard.
I know Kara! This has been a low snow year, it's been doable, but could be much better!
We love sweet PB!
I have tears in my eyes, not from the hysterical PB but from Ester crawling under the trailer in an attempt to get away from that barking or possibly to rip her ears off and fill them with something to stop the noise! For sure you keep PB and we'll be entertained longggg distance with a sound up/downnnn switch.
Soul sister,
Elegant choice of harnesses and line-lengths for three-dog skijoring, a rare and extremely sophisticated art form.
Happy trails!
PB is so cool. What an enthusiasm!
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