Mac Joins The SilverStar Family

     Happy fall days to one and all!  May this find everyone enjoying the cooler temps and the pawfect opportunities it provides to get out and get active.  With the change in seasons comes another addition to the kennel.  We welcome our new 9 month old trouble maker on paws, Mac, who is built well like a Mac Truck.  With some conditioning and strength training, he will make an amazing wheel dog.  Mac is settling into our dynamic five and learning some doggie manners from his older siblings who have no bones about correcting him when he gets out of line.  Revvy has been showing him the ropes and has been the most open about his arrival.  She is thrilled to have another youngin with whom to play.

Revvy and Mac rolling around

Revvy says "Bet ya can't catch me!!"

   Despite the changes within our small family pack, our training continues in hopes of racing the Trailbreaker's Dryland this year in the bikejoring class.  Shelby has gone into heat, so we have had some setbacks not having her out with us since she was best suited in size, strength, condtion, and stride to run with either Revvy or Tundra.  Unfortunately, she will be in standing heat by the time the race rolls around.  Thus we have gone to plan C and are working even harder to try and get Tundra and Revvy running more cohesively despite their differences.

New Season

We are so excited to see these cooler temperatures rolling in at such an early date.  Honestly, who can remember the last time any of us were able to kick off dryland training in September??!  Shelby, Tundra, and Revvy have been bikejoring multiple times already with Aubrey, who has been enjoying the crazy rides almost as much as the huskies.

This year we hope to add many new things to the kennel.  First up we are purchasing our first dryland rig from a former musher, Joe Powell.  We will make great use of his Risdon Rig during this training season and those to come.  Also, we are looking to adopt two additional male fur kids to run with our team.  These pups will hopefully be able to run in our wheel positions and give Tundra a break from being our only wheel dog.  Meanwhile Tundra will move up to run as point dog and will most likely run with Shelby.  Revvy, with any luck, will eventually be running as a solo lead as her training progresses.

With the Lake Farmpark Dryland race coming up, we are equally excited to continue meeting other mushers and their dogs.   The dogs and I will be training harder than ever and will be out doing demos at the end of the race for the educational talks.   Hope to see everyone there and remember to go out and have some fun with those fur kids this fall!