VicbertAlboria Racing Kennel

I haven’t posted much this season but the dogs and I have been pretty active. We did 3 races in the fall (2 dog scooter and canicross, having the dogs switch out so that each had a turn in canicross and each possible pairing of dogs got to do 2 dog scooter). We have a number of races planned for sled season and today I finally got the 4-dog line I needed to train all 3 dogs at once. Here are some pictures from our first 3 dog scooter run all together with the proper lines. We only went just over an hour but Victoria got a lot of the experience she’ll need as (hopefully) the lead dog for most of our sled races. I fell once and we all got very muddy.

Late post, but our first race of the year is checked off the list! This was our newest addition, Elizabeth’s first race. I wish I had gotten some pictures of Albert and Victoria racing though! Albie and Victoria ran 2 dog scooter on day one but on day 2 the back tire popped and couldn’t be reinflated :( that really sucked because I just bought that scooter and also because we had to scratch. Canicross with Elizabeth went smoothly though. I felt bad for her because she was pulling so hard but I’m such a slow runner 😅 this was also our first time testing out our new Impact dog crate. You might notice a black scab on Elizabeth’s nose. That is an injury she got while escaping her wire collapsible crate. Because she needs a safer crate to crate train in I ordered a collapsible impact crate and I finally feel safe crating her again. I used the crate at the race to contain her when she wasn’t racing or hanging out with Albie, Victoria and me. I’m trying to focus on making the crate a positive thing for her.

Victoria and I had our first real canicross run together this morning. I’ve done a 5k with Albert before and a legit canicross race with his sister Mitsfit, but all Victoria and I have done together running-wise is a few laps around the parking lot. Well today she and I did a practice parkrun (5k) and she did great!! Only a few zig zags, and I had to keep her from chasing ducks a few times :P she responded to my commands very well, even when I said “Gee” and “Haw” instead of “Gee over” and “Haw over” when we needed to pass walkers. I don’t think we’ll make it to any dryland races this fall, but perhaps in the Spring she can be my canicross partner when we aren’t doing 2 dog scooter with Albie!

Btw, we still need more volunteers before Parkrun Meridian can be an official thing. Check out the “Let’s Bring Parkrun to Meridian” page for more info so that we can FINALLY have an Idaho Parkrun!!


@ Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park

Good day for a rainy practice parkrun :) Parkrun is finally coming to Idaho and today was the first practice with a whopping 2 runners and 1 race director. We still need 4 more volunteers to commit to the first month before we can be official. If you or someone you know is in the Meridian area and is interested, check out the page “Lets Bring Parkrun to Meridian” or email [email protected] :) I ran it today and had a blast! I’m hoping to bring Victoria to the next one 🐶