Over the river and through the woods to SSR for Xmas Eve!

We piled the dogs into the truck and drove to Gardner, the other side of the Moon (Raleigh) where Dawne and 35 siberians awaited us! We brought a Christmas gift of 50 pounds of beef hearts (yuck) and a husky ornament for Dawne.

Such a lot of fun, thanks for having us Dawne!

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Help Dawne feed and heal all these beautiful Siberians!

A snowy christmas!

Lulu watching the winter mayhem

Mukki and Quinn taking a short break from running as fast as they can around the yard, chasing each other and jumping over the girls!

Third Day out

Wednesday was the first day of mushing for our guys, morning was 61º -short 1 mile run through the woods. Friday morning was 59º another run and this morning, a fun 55º! Rich took Mukki in lead and Quinn and his mom side by each. Poor Lulu, she can only do the short runs because of her short legs which are due to 5 years of malnutrition and continuous breeding :-(   We sure hope hell has a special level for dog abusers!

Tala and I walked leisurely around the flat land trails, my ankle is almost healed -again! I am thinking of getting a adult trike for us -stability for me and more exercise for Ms Fatté. She lost 6 pounds last month, her thyroid meds look to be working very well! She is also acting frisky and playful, no more sleeping 20 hours a day!

As this is the south, the temps rose fast and everyone enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in the shade. Tala stayed inside since as a princess, she doesn't want dirty feet.

Hair Mats???

Started saving all the beautiful fluffy fur my pups are blowing right now. Trying to figure out how to send it to this group for hair mats for the oil spill. Lots of brushing, lots of fur!

well.... this didn't work out, no one wanted my bags of hair.

Another 5K, today LOL

Tala and I did the Ararat River walk again. This time I wore my new walking shoes -yikes! they really give you a good workout! I could feel my muscles burning. Tala had fun too, it was pretty hot and she enjoyed the stops for quick drinks in the river, I had my water bottle but by the end I wanted to throw myself into that cold water! Tala had lots of people tell her she was pretty -so of course, it was another 5star day for my manatee-siberian! She is building a fan club, well, except for that one guy with the boxer.... 

Rich and Mukki Highway Hobo Training

Rich's employer, Southdata, sponsors the cleanup of a section of the roadway. Several of the employees go to clean up monthly... either Rich was trying to get Mukki to earn his keep again by picking up trash or they are just so in love they can not bear to be apart... LOL

Another Day, Another Walk

Rich and I went to the Ararat Riverside walk, the one I did Thursday and Friday. He was going to mush the boys and Lulu but she kept worming her way out of her harness. Rich took her off the gangline and handed her off to me, which I think she preferred. He wanted to go neckline-free, which would have been bad.

Rich said Quinn still needs to focus more on the path but it didn't help when a wild turkey strolled out onto the path ten feet in front of them! Rich said the turkey looked stunned and gobble-swaked something hat sounded like "Oh, Sh1t!" ha ha