Information regarding Mush Larose Skidogs or small teams
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The first step is learning to ski. Read on… Skijoring is skiing with the assistance of a dogs traction. I think many people confuse skijoring for a dog pulling someone on skis, but the matter of fact is it is teamwork and you have to ski. Therefore, the first thing…
We had an interesting visitor at this years Mush Larose Race For Rescue. Carol Anne Meehan braved the cold weather to report on the fun we have skijoring with our dogs. Here you can visit Carol Anne’s Blog post https://www.carolannemeehan.com/new-blog/ Direct Link to main story video: https://vimeo.com/251552633 Direct Link to interview…
There has been many requests for some skijoring/canicross/bikejoring instruction a first small team harness dog sport seminar is being organized for January 9th 2018. This will be a good introduction to anyone curious about harness dog sports or for anyone who has already started harnessing there dog but would like…
Recommendations differ on running in warmer temperatures, as dog breeds and specific individual dogs also differ. Heavy coated dogs and dogs carrying any extra weight (ie you cannot easily feel their spine or ribs) will overheat quicker than lighter and/or shorter coated dogs. Training recommendations: Many mushers choose to use…
Skate Skiing Fundamentals: Mush Larose skijor racers would like to know if any Mush Larose members would be interested in a skate skiing fundamentals session. This session will be targeted at people who are interested in skijoring, but have never tried skate skiing or are just learning to skate ski…
A small group of Mush Larose skijorers, have been invited again to go demo skijoring during the Junior Chelsea Ski Sprints. This year the races are happening in Jacques Cartier Park on the XC ski World Cup sprint track. We are getting 3 x 20 minutes to skijor around a world…
The Kanata Nordic cross country ski club located at the Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa has agreed to a pilot project for the 2015/16 season to allow approved Mush Larose members access to the cross-country ski trails on Wednesday evenings for 1-dog skijoring. The intent of the pilot project is…
