By ricardo on June 12, 2009
Yes it’s true. We had a good day’s skiing yesterday in the Sierra Nevada with our dogs, Bruno (leonberger) and Khumbu (siberian husky). We parked at the Hoya de la Mora above the ski town of Pradollano and made the 45 minute traverse on a good road and track towards the middle ski station area [...]
Posted in Dogs, Photos, Trips | Tagged husky, leonberger, sierra nevada, ski, spain
By ricardo on May 31, 2009
Now here are a few photos of Khumbu when he was allowed to run free. It wasn’t until we put the photos on the computer that we could see the crazy facial expressions from Khumbu. They will make you laugh. This is not a daft one but a nice one of Khumbu and Bruno together [...]
Posted in Dogs | Tagged husky
By ricardo on November 27, 2008
Ok, so it’s not going too well! Faster than last year but he still prefers mountain goats to pulling in a straight line. Next week we are attempting an ascent of Veleta in the Sierra Nevada. If you are skiing then and see us please do not laugh! Ah well, back to the drawing board. [...]
Posted in Dogs, Photos | Tagged husky, skijoring
By ricardo on May 15, 2008
Ok, it was just an idea. Sounded great. Get a husky and train it to pull us uphill on skis. It’s a large and growing sport evidently in North America and Scandanavia. Well we may live in the driest part of Europe, but if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us. Right? [...]
Posted in Dogs, Trips | Tagged husky, sierra nevada, skijoring
Mountain and Leonberger loving recluse, now living in Spain's Sierra
Nevada mountains
