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Calypso Runs With The Big Dogs...Sort Of

Calypso Runs With The Big Dogs…Sort Of
Sep 8th 2008
wolfmoonsleddog
Midwest
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 6:59pm
Temperature: 56 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, damp, breezy
Forecast: Rain showers tonight, lows in the lower 30s. Partly cloudy tomorrow with a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s, low around 40.


In lead - Calypso (left) and Alex (right). In wheel - Jackie (left) and Joker (right)

I think rainbows in the Northland must be some of the most dramatic. In my four weeks here I have seen more rainbows than I’ve seen all year - and they are definitely more vivid than I’ve seen in a long time. Tonight while I was helping soup the dogs, it started raining but the sun was out and there was a fantastic double rainbow. I wish I’d had my camera because it would have made an amazing picture.

The other day, Jen and I tried running Calypso with three other dogs. Alex, the 12-year-old veteran and Joker and Jackie, the yearlings. Joker and Jackie were hooked in wheel and Calypso and Alex in lead. Jen made Calypso’s tug a little shorter than Alex’s. This frustrated Calypso because she couldn’t pass Alex. She kept trying to run faster than him. But everyone did really well. We hooked the little 4-dog team to a Sand Lynx training cart and it was a wild ride! It will be exciting to see how the Season progresses.

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3 Responses to “Calypso Runs With The Big Dogs…Sort Of”
Dave Lukosik on 08 Sep 2008 at 6:09 pm # edit this

Hi Alice, The North Country is beautiful! Lots of new sights and sounds that we don’t have in the South! I can still remember the first time I heard a loon on a northern Wisconsin lake as a young child with my Dad while we were lake fishing, what a sound!!! Did Jen shorten the tug so Calypso would want to run faster to keep up with Alex? Is the 4 wheel Sand Lynx less tippy than a 3 wheel cart? Looks like Calypso is having a great time with the other dogs! Dave

Dave Lukosik on 12 Sep 2008 at 7:39 pm # edit this

Hi Alice, Sorry my comments are long and sometimes off topic. You are welcome to delete my last two entries that you put in moderation. No problem! Take care and best wishes to you, Calypso, Jen, Blake, and the rest of the team! Dave

wolfmoonsleddog on 13 Sep 2008 at 8:07 am # edit this

Sorry Dave! Somehow I missed those two comments…Nothing wrong with them, they are fine!

Jen did shorten the tug so that Calypso would want to keep up. I think the Sand Lynx is a LOT less tippy than some 3-wheelers.

Cheers!

Alice

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