Finally we get the chance to introduce the snow oriented vehicle mentioned in our last post! This has been nearly three years in development thru various stages, with a great deal of field testing. It is also now Patent Pending. The Snow Goose has realized my dream of a scooter like experience on snow and… Read More »
As I almost can’t express enough, Kuma and Balto do a better job of pulling me on the scooter then I ever hoped for. When winter comes around, things get interesting on the dog scooter. First of all, the colder it is, the more the dogs love it. Dogs are not able to sweat like… Read More »
Toto Let me switch gears for a moment and tell you about Toto. First, Toto is our oldest dog, in middle age at this time. She is also the soprano in our dog choir. She too, was a rescued, humane society puppy, and is a Terrier mix of about 17 lbs. She is very cheerful… Read More »
I have noticed something interesting about the relative natural speeds of people and dogs. I noticed this when thinking about the differences between our dog walking system and our dog scootering system. Let’s look at this from what could be the dog’s point of view… Walking on a leash with your human is better than staying… Read More »
Perhaps you’ve wondered what Kuma and Balto were like when they weren’t working… After all they live in the house with us and have a yard like many other dogs. I’ll take a moment and tell you a bit more about them and their personalities. All of our dogs are very loving and affectionate to… Read More »
In the mean time, Balto had been growing up. He was similar in size to Kuma, with a slightly blockier body shape and the heavier coat of a husky. As a result of scooter training, Kuma was now about 68 lbs of hard muscle, up 8 lbs from when first mentioned in this story. Balto… Read More »
Once again I had been surfing the web for dog topics. This time I had found an interesting online discussion regarding dog health, often of interest to many dog owners. Then something caught my eye. I noticed that right in the middle of the discussion, one of the posters mentions that he has a dog… Read More »
I was surfing the web one day for some dog related topics. I don’t remember what I was looking for, but in retrospect, what I found has changed the rest of my life! I suddenly came upon a picture unlike any I had ever seen before. What I was viewing, was one dog in harness,… Read More »
Later, we accidently fell into our own bit of innovation. Here’s what happened. Traditionally, two dogs working side by side, to pull a load (me), have their collars connected by a modest neckline. This is so they will work more in tandem and not try to go off in their different directions. It also allows the… Read More »
It happened that I was ordering a harness for the dogs from a specialty supplier over the phone. I explained the training we were doing and that I was using two leashes. My supplier, Jack, responded with something like “that sounds really neat, have you considered using a skijoring set up instead of leashes?” I… Read More »