Shooting Deer...With a Camera

When hiking in the woods, there's always an opportunity to bump into some of the wildlife.  At the park we often hike in there is a population of Sika Deer (Cervus nippon), a species of Asian deer that were imported when the park was once owned by a Sportsman's Club.  These cuties are significantly smaller than the native White Tailed Deer, with an adult weight being about 50-80lbs.  Here are images from some of the encounters we have had of them, we had the dogs each time so in the videos you'll be able to hear their frustration.  

Joring with a New Toy

So through Craigslist I picked up this baby:

Not really the safest way to run a dog, but I couldn't wait to test it out so I put on a helmet and (with the help of the fiance) we took it out with all of the pups.  We hooked everyone to it, including the fiance, and here's the video of how it went.  Sadly the angle isn't the greatest, hopefully I can get a better angle next time around.



The snow wasn't ideal, but it was still a lot of fun and a good work out for the pups.  The fiance tried it out, but his weight caused the skibob to sink into the snow enough to make it difficult for the dogs to pull.  I plan to add some sort of braking system  to it so I have a better means of stopping the dogs besides just digging my feet into the snow.  Once those are attached, and we have snow again, I can't wait to take it out again.

Bikejoring: Titan Round 7

Took Titan out for good run, he was really aching for it as the snowstorms and bad roads made it hard to go out.  This time around we didn't go out by ourselves, we had the pleasure of being joined by Paul of Pawesome Dog Training.  Paul is practically the only other person on the island who does mushing with his dogs, so it was great to see how Titan compares with huskies who already know the ropes. 

He seemed to keep up pretty well, though my poor cycling skills slowed us down greatly, especially with all of the crashing I did.  I found that he does enjoy following the other team, though during U-shaped turns he will try to short cut off trail to catch up. 

Being that he still has that puppy mentality, he did lose focus towards the end especially when we caught sight of a white tailed deer herd.  After that, he kept tangling around trees so it was time to call it quits.  He was good once out of the woods and on the way back to the car.

Anyways, check out the video and, even if you don't want to watch the whole think, make sure you catch the ending.  Enjoy!!