Malinois Power! Skijoring with Kiersten Lippmann

Here's a fun video of Abby at the start of the LNAC races in Fairbanks following the World Championship Skijor races in Salcha, Alaska . Abby ready to race, LNAC 2013 My original plan had been to compete with Tikko, my Alaskan husky, as my race dog. Abby was a back-up if I needed her, but I didn't consider her trained up quite yet to race. When Tikko told me he was ready to retire, Abby stepped up and more than took over his race dog role. After the racing in Salcha in the nordic combined, I wasn't quite ready to go home, so we signed up for the three-day LNAC races. It was very warm especially for Fairbanks, reaching above freezing and into the 40s, which was not ideal for thick-coated Abby, but was fun for me. I raced in a t-shirt! Abby was eager to go and ran well, even through the heat. I was so proud of her, and look forward to racing with her, and her son, this coming season. In the meantime, enjoy the video of my girl, Abby. The commentary is funny, she...

Wow- Kiersten Lippmann has not posted on this blog in a long time! Tikko, my Alaskan husky has retired as my main skijor dog, with Abby, my malinois, Sirius, Abby's son and new upstart pup Pemi taking over the racing duties. Abby has proven to be a very solid, driven, race dog. She responds instantly and precisely to directional commands from her owner, Kiersten Lippmann, and has even learned to pull a pulk. Here is Abby, as first substitute for the now retired Tikko, racing at the skijor World Championships in Salcha, Alaska. She did very well, for her first time pulling a pulka! Video of Abby at World Championships . I've also very much enjoyed training Sirius, Abby's son to skijor race this winter. We had a solid snow winter up north, and have lots of access to cross country ski trails, and snowmobile trails that are dog friendly. Here is Sirius on just his second skijor. Video of Kiersten Lippmann's dog Sirius Skijoring . Pemi is the newest addition to the...