The pups, who are almost five months old, had been squabbling too much amongst themselves, so we pulled the three males out and put them in the dogyard this week.  Its always a little difficult when pups hit this milestone because they cry and panic a little at first when they first learn about the tether, but they adjust pretty quick and enjoy visiting their neighbors, whom they are close enough to to be able to play and socialize with but not close enough to get tangled with.

Clay

Jax

Opie

The two girls don't seem to argue so much, so they are still together in the kennel for now, but they cried the most after we pulled their brothers out, they must have thought they were missing out on some special attention, or maybe they missed them at first, but everything has settled down now.

Gemma and Tara

We picked up a couple new dogs yesterday, from a kennel in Mason, Wisconsin.  They have good bloodlines and the male, Nakiski, is big by our standards.  We've been trying to get some bigger dogs into the yard, because Jeremy is a big guy (6'4") and could use more power that bigger dogs can provide.  We actually went to Mason just to get Nakiski but while we were there, we were shown a smaller white dog named Mucho, that they were looking to rehome, too, and she immediately reminded us both of my main little leader that died while in harness a couple years ago.  We really loved that dog and it was really devastating when she passed. We were told that when they got her, they were told she would lead, but they had never tried her as they'd only had her since this summer, so we are hopeful that she will lead for us.  We've decided to turn her into another house husky, because she is so mellow and quiet and so far is adjusting nicely.  We took both dogs out for a run with the team today, and they did well, she is a jumper at the start and they both seemed thrilled to be out, as they haven't run at all yet this fall.  Luckily, with the truck training we've been doing, we have the option of hooking them into our team with other dogs who've run 300ish miles so far and just load them up when we feel they need it.  They can condition at their own pace and it doesn't take away from the rest of the team.

Mucho is a jumper at hookup!  Salt thinks she's a little crazy...

Nakiski

Nakisk,-now we have two blue eyed dogs.

Mucho settling in to being a house dog.