The weather has been extremely fine lately. Without a breeze the Sun's warmth is glorious. Days like these are undeniably fine.
Bolt, our family dog, has finally been getting the exercise and attention he needs. And he loves to pull, true to his heritage. For a little dog, that has been largely sedentary he digs in and does his level best to drag me around with the leash. As it turns out, I'm the only one that can really walk him as he'll pull the kids off their feet and along on their belly until friction overcomes him.
So it is natural that we would hook him up to a sled. The original plan was to get a kicksled and let him help propel it around town, but "the best laid plans…" went aglay and we ended up not getting one (the cost of shipping killed it). So we used Travis' toy qamotiq which was originally built to haul the air compressor back and forth between the House and our duplex so we could keep it inside overnight.
Bolt pulls like a trooper, and when fresh fast out distanced me running to catch up. Being the undisciplined pup he is, there is no control of where he's going, but I don't think Travis cared a whit.
Here are some scenes from yesterday's qimuksiq (dog sledding).
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New dogs are always fun but a challange. It’s good that the weather is cooperating and you get the kids involved.
Those are awesome pics!
Having seen the movie Bolt a good dozen times, he sure does look like Bolt.
Hey Clare — this post showed up great in Google Reader today. Thanks! 🙂
I LOOOOOOVE these pics; the toy qamotiq and the dog are so cute. And Travis “relaxing” — that’s hilarious.
And at least you live in a place where the dog could pretty safely go in any direction without hitting anything. 😉
Yeah, it was a gorgeous day. And as far as Bolt goes, I’m paying the price for a winter of largely ignoring any sort of training for him.
Thanks Tina
We’ve seen the movie surprisingly few times Kent, but Travis chose the name for him, and must have been thinking the same thing.
I was thinking of your feed reader when I was formatting it Fawn. We’re kind of in a safe area. You’re right about him not being able to hit anything, but the next day Travis fell from the komotiq and Bolt kept going, he ran all the way down the ice into a bunch of kids playing, scaring one little boy and angering the boy’s mom.