I got my sled today! *dun dun dun*
A real sled! There's a man just a few minutes away from me, who was *THE* man who brought sledding down in the area I live in. Good ole' Tom. Been doing it for over 30 years.
He's a little rough around the edges if you know what I mean
Let's just say his dogs don't have doggy bed, winter coats or go the vet's when it's time to go...
So my sled! It's a typical sled, it has the basket in the front, then the little plastic things where you stand. (My terminology isn't very good as you can see!)
I paid $200, and from what I'm told, for a hand made sled is a deal.
I've got a question about how to hook them up.
The past few times we've gone out, I've had them running side by side with about a half a foot coupler on their flat buckled collars.
Well, I can't do that anymore.
Yesterday they fought constantly. As soon as I put the harness on Hades, he went into terrier mode. He just wanted to pull, pull pull!
Roxy kept correcting him, and since they couldn't get away from each other it just kept getting worse.
Tom told me to put the best puller in the front, Hades. Then have a line coming off the main line and put Roxy there. So, the idea is, Hades will pull the sled by himself pretty much AND Roxy, until she figures out what's going on.
So do I have the long main line, and mid way through tie an O-ring in there?
I'm a little confused here...
Thanks in advance.
A real sled! There's a man just a few minutes away from me, who was *THE* man who brought sledding down in the area I live in. Good ole' Tom. Been doing it for over 30 years.
He's a little rough around the edges if you know what I mean
Let's just say his dogs don't have doggy bed, winter coats or go the vet's when it's time to go...
So my sled! It's a typical sled, it has the basket in the front, then the little plastic things where you stand. (My terminology isn't very good as you can see!)
I paid $200, and from what I'm told, for a hand made sled is a deal.
I've got a question about how to hook them up.
The past few times we've gone out, I've had them running side by side with about a half a foot coupler on their flat buckled collars.
Well, I can't do that anymore.
Yesterday they fought constantly. As soon as I put the harness on Hades, he went into terrier mode. He just wanted to pull, pull pull!
Roxy kept correcting him, and since they couldn't get away from each other it just kept getting worse.
Tom told me to put the best puller in the front, Hades. Then have a line coming off the main line and put Roxy there. So, the idea is, Hades will pull the sled by himself pretty much AND Roxy, until she figures out what's going on.
So do I have the long main line, and mid way through tie an O-ring in there?
I'm a little confused here...
Thanks in advance.