Beau and I traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan to partake in the festivities of the UKC Premier. This was our 8th appearance. We showed in the Top Ten Breed Finals, COBRA Breed Specialty, and all three days of the Premier. In Saturday’s show Beau earned the Grand Champion Award of Merit under judge Karen Johnson. There…
I got a book in the mail today, Dog Park Wisdom by Lisa Wogan. Lisa contacted me last year about putting my site in the book as a place to get info on hiking with dogs. It’s plugged on pages 110-111 (via a plug for backpackgeartest.org), with a bio in the back for Beau and…
I’m sure by now most news hound hikers have heard about the death of Merideth Emerson, the 24-year-old hiker from Georgia. I wasn’t sure if I would—or for that matter, should—write something about the incident. On one hand, this is mostly a nuts-and-bolts kind of site, with some input from me on various topics. On…
As is normal for me, I’m a little late with the breaking news. I found an article about the passing of Frank Hall of Hall’s Dog Sleds fame. He made the dog sled I owned during high school/college. He was a talented craftsman and left a legacy in the world of sled dog sports. He…
I went to the presentation by Jeff Alt last night and had lots of fun. I now have some reading material, new friends, and some events to post on here in the upcoming months. When I got home I got an email from Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive. When I saw the email my jaw…
I fat fingered my URL the other day when I was coming here to post how Beau did in Canada. I instead got a Google search for my website. Nothing major, right? WRONG. I found this book–Outdoors Online: An Internet Guide to Everything Wild & Green by Erika Dillman (The Mountaineers, 2007). On page 141…
Beau and I got back from a weekend trip to Brampton, Ontario today. While there Beau won Best of Breed twice (giving him 9 Top Ten points for the weekend, and a total of 19 so far for the year) and a Group 2 under Judge Laurie Soutar on Friday, and a Group 4 in…
Hey folks, I’m just dropping a quick line to let you all know that I’m moving. The site is migrating servers some time this weekend. You shouldn’t notice much of a change, but things might be slow or unavailable at times. Also, I’m changing jobs and as such am moving to a different area of…
Today my Lucydog passed away in her sleep. She was a great dog– the first one that was mine and not the whole family’s. She was rescued in 1996 at about 4 years old. I’ll never know how old she was for sure, but if she wasn’t already 15, she was close.
We made the trip up to Canada again for a UKC dog show hosted by the Maple Leaf Kennel Club. This time it was in Georgetown, ON. Right out of the gate on Saturday morning Beau won the Champions class for the final win needed for his Grand Champion title. He went on to win…
