Two teams of eight dogs ran seven mile runs this a.m. The pups, Stella and Sherpa, were on separate teams. We had a few tangles on each run and we met machines on the trails, but each run ended well. The second team had a few more rookies with rookie problems (tangle in neckline, tangle in gangline, bouncing around) and , again, the leaders took to the 'jump' into the road rather than taking the groomed turn onto the grade... Julia had a chance to prove what a good dog driver she is at that point and on some of the downhill curves... go Julia!
Tomorrow we will put together an eight dog race team (today's teams were run for training miles on rookies). Our plan is to cross the bridge for an eight mile run, then turn and take a six mile back, giving us a fourteen mile run. We are training for command responses as well.
Leaders were Buffy and Ruthie on the first team; second team leaders, Skinny and Rosie (rookie). There is no doubt that Skinny knows his commands. Tomorrow's leaders will be Lillen and Buffy.
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