The snow falls effortlessly, slowly gathering on his gray head as he sits on the roof of his house. It's quiet, save for a dog barking i...

November is the month in fall dog training where, in my opinion, the most growth occurs. November is when we move from the shorter, fun runs...

I look in the houses as I pass at the televisions glowing in the dim light through picture windows. People warm in their houses watching The...

Fall is in full swing, and unfortunately, blogging about it has been the last thing on my mind! October is always my favorite month, and...

Normally training season kicks off for the Diamond Dogs this weekend, but unfortunately it's been too hot and humid to hook the dogs up....

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Cathy hit a yearling deer on her way home from work last week. As I walked back to the cabin from feeding my dogs, I stopped to look at ...

The dogs and I have been here nine days as of this posting, and have begun to settle into a rhythm. I haven’t seen a sunn...

The dogs and I are about to set off on an adventure.  We set off on adventures every time we go on a run. But this is a different kind of ...

Pulling seems to be second-nature to some sled dog pups. In my experience with training sled dog puppies, most of the time they know instinc...

Dogs are social animals and, like any other social animal, they need time to play and blow off steam.  As the warm hues of a mild April even...

Thirty six degrees at noon, the rain has fallen steadily here in the north woods all morning. I am thawing meat to go feed the dogs, and sho...

Many probably think I'm a little odd in my need for solitude. For me, I need regular intervals of isolation, time to, in computer terms,...

Outside the Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Shannon Miller. All Rights Reserved. Most who know me know that music is extre...

One of the giant puddles we get to run through around Nature's Kennel It's been extremely wet in the U.P. since the dogs and I ...

Sled dog training starts early: Tak's puppies are only seven weeks old, but they're already learning the basics of how to be sled do...