In winter everything is way.
Still, for those traveling by dogsled, the path already traced the path and to do the same. If the first is fast, the second is slow and uncertain. Open a path can be a work harass the work of former mushers earlier era bomber. After this
week the Nitassinan received a thick layer of heavy snow and malleable, it took us reopen the paths one by one. For us, the snowfall, the promise of sweat and rage passenger, was an opportunity to rediscover the old ways. The roads to be done.
Call has worked hard to help us, dogs, my people and me, we go to the camp of Trapper. This path, which in cold weather requires only a short time, then seemed to stretch continuously.
I installed a line of six dogs, Chinook left alone at the bar, preceded and mashk Khufu -the latter being in requalification training-of Kameroun and Keffi , and of course Call ahead.
Some mushers chose to team with big powerful dogs, capable of digging trenches in the snow while pulling the sled, it's not my case. I chose the top Call, and with it the tone of a dog lighter, more complete. And if I really enjoy to see this energy to work on open road, much snow, we must adapt. Adaptation means detaching the guide dog and remote make it the first trace to swallow up the others. Call as it is not combined, it did not feel the urge or the other tangled in her legs tug line. An exercise that begins to control, exercise, especially, who begins to please him.
When talking about dogs physiological adaptation to living in the North, is often mentioned their physical or their frugality. There is also the hair, not only for its insulating role. Call and
Khufu have a very poor quality hair. In this heavy wet snow in late winter, they make large balls of snow that will stick around their legs and lestent.
Periodically, the pace slowed and Call sets off for the snowball as big as the head of a puppy. And often I have to approach me for help, nothing beats a push to accelerate the binding process.
Once freed from its shackles, the dog sets off for galot leading others with him. Still, this work is exhausting and it happened to call to get discouraged. We have seen once or twice, turn around, cross coupling, to settle in the bar, the place left vacant near Chinook. He settled there in the attitude of the working dog even though it is not arnaché! So I'm amused and asked him to start giving him a front ! which is both reassuring and dynamic. And the dog off again until the next ice legs ...