Tracking through the timberland

This fellow is not a follower but prefers to find his own way.  Now celebrating his 17th new year he is allowed to run free most of the time and decide where to go, and when to return home.  Old age also has some advantages.

Full moon walk in december

Trotter posing on a log

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_s2bdRqYM

Fall

A New Gateway to the Dogs Enclosure

Building the new enclosure with its entrance was accomplished the exact day before the first snow-fall.  The antlers above the door are leftovers from a natural feed (see picture below).  BARF eating is the only way to feed my dogs.

The timber-trotters are taking a brake

Soon to come.

We have got frosty nights again. It surely foreshadows what is to come.

Regular trotting session

Summer- versus winter-coat

The same dog photographed in february and july at the same spot in the same year.

RØY

Guarding our territory through 17 summer seasons

Territorial patrolling in the same forest 17 summer seasons.

Summer heat in june.

Resting in the shade.

Altitude walk in may.

Canicross in the Arctic

A guest photographer and sled-dog enthusiast from Barentsburg, Svalbard;  Елена Викторовна,  took this photo of a canicross runner with a pure Chuckchi sled dog.  The Chuckchi sled dog is an ancient breed from Siberia, and possibly akin to the original working dog imported to Alaska in the early 1900s by the norwegian Leonard Seppala that later became the prototype for his Seppala huskies. Photo courtesy: Елена Викторовна 

Two of my pure Seppala huskies back in the mid 1990s.  Tough, hardy, stayer and enduring sled dogs.  

Covered in dense fur.

Give us a sunny day; and we are all satisfied

April morning

Cold mornings, approximately minus 10 at dawn, provide a solid surface to run on. Nothing can be compared to such a fresh and crispy dayspring.  Springtime of the day and springtime of the year. It is April!

Affection

16 years old

Skarv is patrolling his territory every day despite being 16 years old.  It is a regular 4 kilometer walk.

Digging a den in the snow.

Skrim

The landscape at Skrim in february.

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfV_kq2_Lkw

Skarv

Timber-trotters on Youtube:

Timber-trotters on a sunny sunday

Timber-trotters howling

Timber Trotter