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 pack. She is probably going to focus on IPO (schutzhund) where she is showing a lot of potential, but she is very fast and I look forward to skijoring with her next winter. Kiersten Lippman's malinois will hopefully get up to some races in Canada next year if races locally are cancelled due to poor snow. It's a drive, but I look forward to getting some racing in in the near future!
Best to all you skijorers out there. Happy Trails! Kiersten Lippmann
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.
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 pack. She is probably going to focus on IPO (schutzhund) where she is showing a lot of potential, but she is very fast and I look forward to skijoring with her next winter. Kiersten Lippman's malinois will hopefully get up to some races in Canada next year if races locally are cancelled due to poor snow. It's a drive, but I look forward to getting some racing in in the near future!
Best to all you skijorers out there. Happy Trails! Kiersten Lippmann
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