How are the Yearlings?

Bill, Wu and Gravy. All very different individuals. Bill and Wu share brotherhood, but that is the limit of their similarities. Gravy is their distant cousin.

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Editor Note: Scooter’s Father was Ranger, not Pingo. 

Bill is crazy, high-strung. He is his father, Rodney, incarnate. He is playful with everyone, but mostly his tail. Bill slobbers and drools as soon as you start walking with a harness in his direction. He is always the last dog to get hooked up and often the musher is ready to go before he is on the team. Bill will chew and bark and has no sense of calm.

After the training run begins, Bill is a head down, hard-working husky. He pulls whether we are going fast along a flat trail or whether we are grinding slowly up hills. At this point Bill does not get distracted… he is all about work.

Wu is a sweetheart. He is sensitive and likes to cuddle. He is aware of what’s going on in the yard and others around him. We are able to harness Wu without the complete wrestling effort that his brother requires. He is even helpful and will step into the harness.

After the training run begins, Wu is a worker. He is strong and stands a little taller than Bill. Since Wu is smart and aware he will sometimes look around while in harness. He is very curious when we pass other dog teams. Where did they come from? 

Gravy is hilarious. He has unlimited energy in the yard and in harness. We have yet to get ‘The Gravy Train’ tired. On his days off he is back to his silly antics of fly-leaping off his house and play tackling his neighbor, Cloud. Cloud is literally three-quarters the size of Gravy. She is fast and can get outta his way, but when his bulk hits her she is sidelined. Gravy still has the habit of ‘talk howling’ as a conversation. As Karolyn does chores in the morning, Gravy will ‘talk howl’ all the gossip from the day before. We’re not always sure what he is saying but he keeps the conversation going on and on and on…

After a training run begins, Gravy puts his bulk into the harness. He is a strong, big-bodied dog.

These three boys have lots to learn but their first true season of mushing has started of tremendously positive. We are very excited about the places they will go with their talent, genetics and training.

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