Bikejoring Winter 2006-2007

                 This year, as I had a number of older dogs, I was hoping to tie up 
                 all the loose ends I could. I decided I wanted to go ahead and work 
                 toward getting Kai's WSX title. We started out in October, with me 
                 trying Kai in several pairings to see who was the best match, until I 
                 settled on Tanni, who was already 10. As we ran, though, it looked like 
                 Tanni was doing quite well so I decided to go ahead and try to get Tanni's 
                 WSX title as well. For this title, a dog must either already have a basic
                 working title(WS) and the necessary 1000 points for that, or a dog must 
                 earn 2000 points. A dog must run no less than 5 miles at a time. Both Kai
                 and Tanni already had their WS titles, so we had to go on enough runs, with
                 enough distance, to earn 1000 points for each of them.

                 As it turned out, I was able to finish the runs for Tanni's WSX on January 1st,
                 and since the season was still early, I decided to run Brinn, Tanni's daughter,  
                 for her WS. So we continued on through January.

                             Here are some scenes from this year's runs...

      
 

      

some days the dogs get to cool off in the ditches

      
 

      
 

      
   some days the road is wet from rains
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                                          
                                             One  day was icy and very cold with a cold north wind.  
                                             Here is the Arkansas equivalent of the tundra.

                                 This season I got to see a number of Great Egrets. What a stark contrast
                                 the brilliant white of the egret against the tan and grey of the winter ricefields.

                                              This season three dogs earned working titles:
                                               granted by the Samoyed Club of America.

      
 
 Tanni WSX

      
 
Kai WSX(left)
Brinn WS(right)