Just in case you missed the live airing of Joe’s interview this morning with Robert and Michele Forto at Dog Works Radio Show, here is a direct link:
Dog Works Radio Show Interview
Joe had a great time talking about his new book, Malamute Man: Memoirs of an Arctic Traveler, and telling listeners about his expeditions and our malamutes. Thanks for listening!
It’s official! Joe’s book is now available for pre-order exclusively on our website at www.alaskanarcticexpeditions.com.
Exploring the Brooks Range with my team a few years back. Tails are waving high and the kids are in malamute heaven!
“Couch potatoes!!”
“Home with a view and big back yard.”
Angus Mill’s photograph on our 2009 expedition. These crevasses are created from hurricane force winds.
After a day of breaking trail.
Tails are still waving! “See ya”
“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.
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