Training is going on, by now also our oldies have a short run, once in a while. With the colder temperatures now they enjoy some short runs of 4 - 5 km, more is not needed, nobody is pushing them for more.
All other dogs, including the yearlings from summer 15, run now regularly 4 - 5 times per week, and yesterday the first group for overnight-training started out for the extra-training with additional night-run. Alex und Frank are the mushers for the overnight-training-opening and we expect them and the 13 dogs back today. For the dogs those trainings are a good preparation to the cabin-trips in inter time, the young ones learn to sleep and behave on the overnight-chains on their straw beds, and for all others, including the 2-legged, it is a nice chance to train for once in a different area. Tomorrow the 2nd group starts out.
Our winter team 16/17 is complete now since 1 week. Valentin joined as last one and already knows all dogs fromt he new kennels and is driving big 14-dog-teams alone. A perfect addition to the existing team for the coming 3 months. You can read more about Valentin on our team-pages. We plan to take a picture of the whole team as soon as the sun comes out for longer than just 2 minutes and the foggy-grey weather moves away - hopefully soon!