Friday 29 November 2013

Blakes first time...

The name is Blake, named after my grandfather Black :-)









And last week I was for the first time working with the big dogs!









I'm still quite a wild youngster so I probably gave my guides a hard time.








 Jari tried to calm me down, but that wasn't really working for my.









I did not really get how to act when they put my harnass on... So it was a bit of a struggle








But finally it was the right way around my body!









I was so excited that even my mother Sunny (my partner in the team) got one moment enough from me.








But I'm still young and have to earn my place. They say, end of the winter I will be probably a bit more calmed down....






Friday 22 November 2013

All on board!


Yess! The training is in full swing.
And best of all, today we've got at least 15 cm. fresh snow. Perfect conditions :-)
 
We are so excited to run that, last week, we managed to pull one stake-out (the pole that holds the sledge) out of the frozen ground...
 

But on the other hand, some of us want to show that they earn their place as a leader and wait nice and quiet during the preparation before the start.
 



And off we go!! :-)










 

Friday 15 November 2013

Donna & girl power!

Again? Yes, again! We know... But this time well planned!

Because both I, Donna, and my partner Kawak have great ancestors (from famous kennels in Finland and Switzerland) which were racing in big competition with high results!

We are both leaders in Saijas team and so the expectations are high, and above all they are all girls.
 

Like Asko our boss always say, girls are great leaders :-) GIRLPOWER! That also means they have to have really girly names :-)... Bebbe, Bans, Barbie, Birgit, Belle.

Thursday 7 November 2013

Adèle, a great way to show off...

As for a couple of weeks ago my father Black wrote; the new generation is ready to take over. And the next gerneration are me and my brothers and sisters.

The big question is still who the real successor will be. So we try all kind of tricks now to get the attention.

I have my own strategy and that is, among others, digging. Digging?? you ask... Yes digging! A great way to get in shape and warm up!




And even more interesting...: sometimes it happens that I'm digging so far that I'm suddenly on the otherside of the fence! That actually helps shaping you in the role of leader, because you can show off a little bit for the other dogs which are still within their fences.

The only problem is, how to get in again when you don't want to use the same hole. Luckely our caretakers are friendly enough to open the door for us so we can get in again!

Friday 1 November 2013

oops, small accident...

Hei! I'm Anna already 10 years old but still a pretty girl. Last week I had a small accident or like the people here like to say: a nice surprise :-)

Here name is Nuna! Her father is Litch (and his specialty is nice surprises... but more about him later on this blog). Because Nuna is only child, she have plenty of food and time to eat,
but when I have to do something for myself, she makes noise for ten! Let's say that will develop her longs really well and she will be in a good running condition when she is older :-)
On these pictures she looks still a bit ugly, just a few days old. Now she is already much prettier and starts to look like me!