Currahee Mountain Toccoa, GA May 29, 2014 Currahee Mountain is one of those trips I’ve had on my bucket list for a while. On paper it doesn’t seem like much–3 miles up and 3 miles down with a 900’ elevation change each direction. It’s on a red dirt forest service road that’s driveable even in…
Appalachian Trail Approach Trail–Springer Mountain May 27-28, 2014 May 27 We arrived at our car campsite in Amicalola Falls State Park around midnight after 4 days of traveling from my home in Ohio to Louisiana for a 2-day dog show, then Mississippi to visit friends (including a crawfish boil!) before getting back on the road….
A few weeks back I decided to make the trip to the National Working Dog Association National Weight Pull as Ranger had qualified to attend when he pulled in Michigan at the beginning of November. We loaded up and traveled from Indiana to Pennsylvania to compete, where Ranger earned two 2nd place finishes in his…
Hey all, I was cleaning out my gear closet and discovered that I have entirely too much stuff in there. I have a lot of dog packs for reasons I won’t get into here, but I want to get them out of my closet and into the hands of people who will use them….
Technically the first day of spring is about a week away, so this was the last hike of the winter. My paying gig has kept me busy this week, and the weather really limited how much I got out on the trail, but that’s life. I finished a couple of projects around the house, made…
Remember the portrait of Beau being done by Danielle at Petable Portraits? It came and it’s fantastic. I can’t begin to describe how wonderful this portrait is and how much it means to me. When I look at the picture I think, “That’s my boy. That’s Beau.”
I went on the road with the boys this weekend to Kalamazoo, MI. This was Ranger’s first time at a real show and was entered in the Novice Puppy class, which is non-licensed, but good experience for the babies. He didn’t win anything, but did have a good experience and made progress toward being a…
The 2009 Catahoula Calendar is now ready for sale. A portion of the proceeds from each calendar goes to benefit Catahoula Rescue. This year’s theme is The Versatile Catahoula. The cover was recently unveiled, and you may recognize one of the faces there–Beau. He’s wearing his backpack. He has been in the Catahoula calendar every…
About a week ago I was contacted by Daniele at Petable-Portraits.com regarding Daniele doing a portrait of one of my dogs. Since I have a ton of pictures of Beau, and Ranger isn’t done turning into a little dog yet (he’s going through some crazy growth spurts), I chose Beau as the subject of the…
Last night I was visited by some friends (Carlye and Craig from Cross Check Catahoulas). They left a new little friend at my house, a littermate to their own little girl “J Cross’ Ammunition”. J Cross’ Currahee–a.k.a. “Ranger”.
