Mushin Down a Dream
It’s Denali’s day! Each week we take one of our sled dogs to town to hang out with us and get them a special treat from Perfect Start coffee in Wasilla!
We have teamed up with The Perfect Start coffee shack in Wasilla and coming this Wednesday there will be an exciting announcement!
Date: September 29, 2011
Distance: 5.73 miles
Total distance (season): 143.13 miles
Weather: 48 degrees
Equipment: ATV
Trail Conditions: dirt road, trails
Dog Positions: 12 dog team: Zak-Katya, Wu-Snap, Raegan-Trixie, Sparrow-,Sophia-Scoter, Zambonie-Shrike
Music Choice: None
Video: None
Notes: Good run today. Continued to work on extended stops. With the two leaders we ran today they like to turn around back into the team so with the extended stopping exercises and “line out” command we hope to fix this one issue with our leaders.
Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works
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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows
Date: September 28, 2011
Distance: 5.73 miles
Total distance (season): 137.13 miles
Weather: 52 degrees
Equipment: ATV
Trail Conditions: dirt road, trails
Dog Positions: 12 dog team: Marble-Bird, Swidgeon-Joanie, Jewel-Jane, Alma, Magpie-Chickadee, Shifter-Dale
Music Choice: None
Video: None
Notes: Tried something new today. Hooked up Marble in single lead. We knew right off the bat it was a bad idea! She headed into every open driveway and chased after dogs in the neighbor’s yards. We moved Bird up with her and the run went very well. We worked on “line out” and exteneded stops today, up to 5 minutes at one point.
Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works
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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows
Date: September 20, 2011
Distance: 5.02 miles
Total distance (season): 124.50 miles
Weather: 48 degrees
Equipment: ATV
Trail Conditions: dirt road, trails
Dog Positions: 12 dog team: Marble-Bird, Swidgeon-Joanie, Scoter-Magpie, Ellsworth-Shifter, Eddy-Chickadee, Dale-Piglet
Team 2: 12 dog team: Katya-Zak, Shirke-Wu, Jewel-Trixie, Alma-Widgeon, Snap-Sophia, Sparrow-Zambonie
Music Choice: Hollywood Undead/Rob Zombie
Video: None
Notes: Great training runs with the two teams. We have broken down the dogs into two main teams with a few extras that we are moving in and out daily. We have started fall training in earnest. By this time next month we want 10 miles with the dogs itching for more!
Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works
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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows
Fall Training
Day 51
Team 1
First day on Snow machine
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