Feb 11, 2010: Dog Power - Page 2

ZenGum · 02-16-2010, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Excellent, lupin, thanks for the picture and the link.

Looks like you're lumping lupin in with Lawman, lame-oid.

(no offence intended, I just liked the allllllliteration.)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-16-2010, 02:46 AM

What are you babbling about?

ZenGum · 02-16-2010, 03:21 AM

that's cheating.

Adak · 02-18-2010, 05:05 PM

It's interesting that the pictured sled teams have a lot of non-husky dogs in them.

I expect the reason is that a Husky breed would carry more fur, and that extra fur, besides the obvious weight, would also cause the huskies to overheat faster. Dogs don't sweat like humans, but they do cool some by radiating heat.

Better for survival to have the fur, but not ideal for race dogs who can count on special protection from a cold Winter.

TheMercenary · 02-18-2010, 09:28 PM

Great freaking pictures.

Aliantha · 02-18-2010, 10:09 PM

When we were kids, we had a big dog called 'Pirate' and he was crazy about chasing the ball, so one day my brother and I got the idea of tying the billy cart to him then throwing the ball. (we had a really long yard. Almost 100 metres).

It went really well, except you had to bail out at the end as he turned around because the cart would always flip due to the fact that we couldn't get him to do a wider circle when he picked up the ball and raced back with it.

After a while, we decided that throwing the ball wasn't giving us a long enough ride, so we started hitting the ball with a tennis racquet. That was even better except for the rock garden at the bottom of the yard. Sometimes we landed in it.

Pirate loved the game. He'd get so excited when he'd see us coming with the cart and rope and ball. I miss that dog so much. He did everything with us as kids.

02-16-2010, 02:46 AM	#17
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02-16-2010, 03:21 AM	#18
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02-18-2010, 10:09 PM	#21
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	When we were kids, we had a big dog called 'Pirate' and he was crazy about chasing the ball, so one day my brother and I got the idea of tying the billy cart to him then throwing the ball. (we had a really long yard. Almost 100 metres). It went really well, except you had to bail out at the end as he turned around because the cart would always flip due to the fact that we couldn't get him to do a wider circle when he picked up the ball and raced back with it. After a while, we decided that throwing the ball wasn't giving us a long enough ride, so we started hitting the ball with a tennis racquet. That was even better except for the rock garden at the bottom of the yard. Sometimes we landed in it. Pirate loved the game. He'd get so excited when he'd see us coming with the cart and rope and ball. I miss that dog so much. He did everything with us as kids. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-18-2010, 05:05 PM	#19
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	It's interesting that the pictured sled teams have a lot of non-husky dogs in them. I expect the reason is that a Husky breed would carry more fur, and that extra fur, besides the obvious weight, would also cause the huskies to overheat faster. Dogs don't sweat like humans, but they do cool some by radiating heat. Better for survival to have the fur, but not ideal for race dogs who can count on special protection from a cold Winter.

02-18-2010, 09:28 PM	#20
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Great freaking pictures.

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