Our lead dog Farmer sired three pups. They are shown in the photo below, left to right; Major, Penny and Barney. They are six months and around 70-75lbs. It had just snowed a bunch and they are out exploring the new, white snowy world.
Hey dad, how’d you get over there?
“Follow us Major!”
“Cmon Major, you big sissy. The snow won’t bite you-just hop in!”
“Help…I’m drowning!”
“That’s my boy!!”
A while back, I posted these paws on Facebook without revealing whose legs they were attached to. The comments were hilarious, interesting and entertaining. Andrea and I enjoyed reading all of your comments. Thanks!! Here are just a few selected remarks
“are they Joe’s feet?”
“is not a dog !!! this is a nanook no???
“big hairy hobbit feet”
“hmm”
“Wow ♥”
“ahahahah bigggggg very bigggg :o)”
“Clydesdale Breed?”
“Bigfoot!”
His name is Ben. We are grateful for Tom and Rosemary Wise’s generosity for selecting Andrea and I to be the foster parents for such a fine Alaskan malamute. Thank you Tom and Rosemary!!
“Ordinary people have accomplished extraordinary things because they didn’t know they couldn’t.”
This is one of my favorite quotes and can be applied to dogs as well as humans.
If a dog is trained to stop and go on verbal command only, he or she learns the limit to their strength is a verbal command and not the resistance of a sled brake or a heavy load.
In other words, they’re going to pull with passion and vigor until they are told otherwise. But be careful not exceed their physical and psychological limit. This is a fine line, and if they discover they have a limit, well, frankly it’s all over and they’ve lost the key ingredient…sheer confidence. If you see the team fizzling out, it’s better to stop and let them recuperate momentarily than it is to let them fail to pull their load.
Alaskan Arctic Expeditions 