Fall Musher’s Reunion One of our favorite mushing get-togethers in the Fall is a Musher’s Reunion and Training Weekend in western Pa. It is hosted by a retired musher from the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club who has land where he used to train his own dogs and […]
Read more →Fall mushing training generally starts when the temperatures dip down into the low 40’s. On the eastern shore of Maryland that often doesn’t happen until late October. So this year, as in years past, in early October we headed up to Maine to take part in a […]
Read more →This past week our good friend Gino Roussel lost his faithful dog and friend Mosqua. Mosqua was a very special dog and my husband Kevin has written this post as a final good-bye to Mosqua. Here is Kevin’s guest blog post. ****************************************************** Mosqua (aka Big Guy) I […]
Read more →When we are in Canada we sometimes go over the border into Madawaska Maine. Kevin has his own impressions of what the experience is like. Here is his report on our border experience. Crossing The Border And The Canada Plan by Kevin Powers Yesterday, we decided to […]
Read more →When most people hear the word tadpole, they think of those little squiggly creatures that turn into frogs. But not this musher. When I hear the word Tadpole I think of my favorite mushing trail outside of St. Jacques New Brunswick. For the past several years I […]
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The Season’s First Run On Snow Winter is a fun time for The Powers Pack. The dogs and I just love transitioning from dryland training to running on groomed snow covered trails. This year our first run on snow would actually be a snow race run by […]
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A Musher’s Gotta Do What A Musher’s Gotta Do When people see me walking my dogs in the fall just as the thermometer dips below 50 and the cooler breezes kick in, it’s quite common for someone to inevitably say “Your dogs must be loving this weather.” […]
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Do Dogs Have Feelings? Anthropomorphism is the personification or attribution of human form or emotions to something that is not human. Many dog owners are guilty of anthropomorphism when they explain their dog’s behavior as if the dog were able to display human emotion. Many of us […]
Read more →Cooler temperatures in the Fall mean sled dog teams can start to train on dry land. Mushers with large teams use ATV’s instead of sleds while mushers with smaller teams use a variety of rigs also referred to as gigs. These rigs are unique to working sled […]
Read more →In October, my husband Kevin and I attended a mushing training weekend organized by the Maine Highlands Sled Dog Club. “Mushing Basics and Beyond” is a great opportunity for newbies to learn basic mushing skills and for experienced mushers to reinforce skills with their dog team. Kevin […]
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