Tag Archives: Dog mushing

Ode to the Working Dog ~ H. Barron

Hi All: I thought it might be fun to retrieve a few of our better blog posts from years past–this one was written a while back by my lovely life partner Harmony Barron 🙂 *** By Harmony I have forever been enamored with the working dog, as so many of us are. When I was […]

Continue reading

The Morning Run

It’s still quite warm and dry in the Helena valley, but fall training is in progress. Most mornings the temperatures do drop low enough for a short work-out, and the dogs are already starting to work together as a team, rather than a bunch of over excited individuals all moving in different directions–which is usually […]

Continue reading

Huskies, Heartbreak & Hell: A trail of frozen tears on the K300 Part 2

This is a rerun of one of Harm’s most popular posts–I promised I’d post this several weeks ago, but I got sidetracked… hope you all enjoy. Memories from the 2004 Kuskokwim 300–by Harmony Barron Part2 So there I was, meandering down the trail thinking I was the only poor soul on the planet, when it […]

Continue reading

Leader Lights

This is a post I wrote a few back on “mushing equipment”–hope you don’t mind the rerun 🙂 I am a firm believer in LED lights. Seems like that’s all anyone uses nowadays, but back in ’04 I was the only driver in the lower 48 using this technology to train/race  teams  that I know […]

Continue reading

Fall Training Begins…

Here are a few pictures of Jason training his 2010 Beargrease team. As most of you know, last season he didn’t train any dogs at all, but as of last Monday, he’s back in the saddle. He’ll be posting fresh photos of the new crew, running on the new trail system shortly–as soon as he […]

Continue reading