ArbDogs? Pics!

[Stephen Blair]

[roboted]

Just chilling.....

 

[Rac man]

He wants more logs on the rayburn

[Rich Rule]

 

 

[AHPP]

30 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

 

 

 

I tried that with a bicycle. Guess how well it went.

[Rich Rule]

13 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

I tried that with a bicycle. Guess how well it went.

 

Takes time mate.  Kira is still pretty useless at it.  Doesn't pull up hil she just tries to bite the skis. One the down hill bits she pulls like billy'o' and the missus craps herself and usually throws herself into a snow drift to stop.

 

I find it hilarious, the missus not so much.

 

 

[Rich Rule]

This one actually didn’t go too bad.

 

A friend lent us a big wheeled kick bike for Kira.  That didn’t go too bad well.  She is pulling then gets a scent of a deer or something and just darts off in that direction.  Can make pretty tiring.

 

We are hoping the small but successfully exposures to the skiing will help with the kick bike.

 

 

 

 

 

[AHPP]

2 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

 

Takes time mate.  Kira is still pretty useless at it.  Doesn't pull up hil she just tries to bite the skis. One the down hill bits she pulls like billy'o' and the missus craps herself and usually throws herself into a snow drift to stop.

 

I find it hilarious, the missus not so much.

 

 

 

I’m not racing to try again. Bollocks to handlebars and skin to gravel appeals less than a fluffy snowdrift. 

[Rich Rule]

These kick bikes are pretty good and easy to bail if the dog goes a burton.

 

 

 

[Rich Rule]

The problem I find is getting the dog to recognise when to pull and when to be civilised.

 

We started using a different harness for pulling with a connection over her arse.  Whereas the regular harness has a connection on her back, closer to the shoulders.  No idea if she will eventually work it out though but I guess like anything, these things need training.  Practice and repetition.

 

One thing I did with Kira whilst we were at the cabin was to set a blood trail for about 150-200m on some skidoo tracked and then into the deeper snow.  I had a frozen 200g lump of raw Moose meat trimmings I had skimmed off a carcass.  That was the prize.

 

I will try and upload the video.  My missus was worried because she looked like she was shivering loads.  But when a dog is sniffing like that their heart rate is far above and beyond what it is when they are exercising.  SO basically the adrenalin from knowing she was on a hunt was making her whole body quiver.  then it would stop as she was in between sniffs.