TUBBS SNOWSHOES

The new binding system on the new model of Tubbs Mountaineer fits better and gives a more firm and steady connection to the foot. With deep snow and the most beautiful landscape just outside my cabin this snowshoes makes it enjoyable to explore the surroundings. It is required however, that my wolfdog companions have long legs and an efficient snow-walk. A good dense coat and long legs are essentialts for my dogs, and have nothing to do with cosmetics :-)

Sun-day a day in the Sun

The temperature has dropped again and the mercury-bar condensed to a minus 25 tonight. All the dogs was permitted out of their fences to speed around in the forest and produce some body-heat during the day. A substantial dinner consisting of fresh horse-meat and a mixture of intestinal fat and liver will keep them warm the next night.

Double-suspension-gallop

Patrolling the Territory

Patrolling the same tracks every day make wolfdogs very territorial. Every tree has been scent-marked, every odor is known, only occational encounters with wild animals or their tracks brakes the habit. 2 years back we started to improve our forest-tracks for better skiing quality. Trees had to be removed, bushes cut away, curves straighten out and small bridges over the ditches had to be made. The end result is a trail that starts at our front-door and that makes it unnecessary to drive the car to somewhere for skiing. This has had a huge effect on my male wolfdogs. Now they will run the whole track with much more vigour and enthusiasm for speed. So much that I need to put a harness on for the pulling. Coming to the opposite end of the trail is always rewarded with running free and playing. When going to a strange territory however, the typical carefulness and awareness comes back and they will never pull. The photos are of Ax and Skarv out on an everyday run.

Winter Wolf II

Winter-Wolf

Winter returns.

The mellow light of a november sunday given from a sleepy sun-disc not able to climb high above the horizon this days. And the phosphorus, the morning star, lingering hours in the morning to encourage the sun to finally rise.