Now that winter is over and it is usually too
warm to train dryland, the main priority here at Calling All Canines is obtaining more sponsors. This past season, my dogs and I were "breaking the ice" so to speak - we were learning about racing and what to expect. During the 2013-2014 race season, however, we will be training much harder, putting more miles on the sled and training cart, and will be racing competitively for the first time. We will be attending more races, traveling farther, using more supplies and gear, plus I will be running a larger team. Because of all this, I will be spending part of the summer searching for and applying for sponsorships from both sled dog-related businesses and individuals and non-sled dog related businesses and individuals. f you are interested in becoming one of our sponsors, please read: All sponsors, both those who donate money and those who donate gear/products/supplies/etc., will receive a listing on our website sponsor page and blog. In the case of a sponsorship of a product such as dog food, gang lines, booties, etc., the sponsor will have their product advertised though other dog mushers seeing that product in use by my team at races. To give potential sponsors an idea of what sponsorship money/product donations are needed: Dogs: I currently have 4 dogs which I believe will be on my race team this coming season. As I am planning to field a 6 dog team, at least 2 more dogs will need to be found and barrowed over the summer. Sponsorship money will help lower the costs of these new dogs. Gear: We will also be needing some new gear items. Booties and some additional gang line sections are also on the list of needed gear. I will also be looking for a used rig for dryland racing, and would like to get some a new carhart for my own use. All of these are items which a sponsorship would help with. Gas: Since I live in the city, I have to travel to find good training spots and to head to my cousins house to train those dogs with my 2 dogs. I also might head up to my Uncle's to borrow his dogs if he still has them, or I have had the opportunity to train with Phil. Phil is the person who gave me Chipmunk and has seen that I am very dedicated to this sport. He has offered for me to help train one of his teams and be able to use those dogs for longer races, but in order to do that I need gas money to travel the 2 hr. drive there and back. No donation is too small, we value all sponsors. Please check out the sponsor page for more information!
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Yes, as the title says, it is hard for me to say. Our winter sled season has come to an end. I'm sorry that I didn't post after the race, but I was hoping for pictures from the race and the official results. We only made it to the 2 races for the season, one dryland and one snow one. So here is the recap on the Wausua race. This race was going to be a tricky one. I had Solo/Ensemble in Green Bay and then I had to rush to Wausua, a 2 hr drive to make it to my start time. I had my Solo at 8:08 am and then my start time for the race at 10:52 am. Man, call that close! Yes, we did make it to my start chute time on time. I actually had 20 minutes to spare, but that was running around looking for my bib and getting the dogs harnessed and ready to go. The dogs did great, for traveling for about 2 1/2 hrs. Yes, the dogs had to go from my Uncle's house to Green Bay. Thus, making it a longer trip. On the first day, we were the last team out. 23rd out of 23rd. Not bad, we were behind 2 slower teams, and we ended up passing them both. The dogs, well actually mostly Dingo was dipping a lot. That is where a dog goes and tries to pick up snow to get water. Also, on day 1 I ran Katie's sled. Now, my sled was with us but I wanted to use Katie's for the safety of the dogs. Katie's sled has a drag brake and a steel claw brake where my sled just has a wooden claw brake. Try slowing down a team with just that, it's pretty hard. The other thing was I needed to be really carefully with Katie's sled. Her sled had a broken runner so for the majority of the race I was holding it just right so we didn't run on the broken part. That slowed us down a bit that day too. Day 1's time was 20:23.28, putting me in 21st place. Day 2 started out better. We arrived with a whole 1/2 hr before I went out. I watered the dogs, let them stretch and got them ready to go. I was able to watch the 3 dog sled and 2 dog skijoring go out before the 4 dog class. We did so much better Sunday. I borrowed a sled from another musher and used it for that day. and Man, was that sled every so much lighter. I had to make a decision and hope that Dingo wouldn't slow the team down that day by dipping or stick her in wheel and have her dip on the run. I ended up leaving Dingo in lead, for not risking any behavior issues by Rocket. We ran a faster time by 2 minutes, passed 2 teams near the finish line and ended up going from 21st place to 19th! I am so proud of my dogs! They did beautiful for there first snow race and race season all running together at a race! Finish First Name Last Name Day 1 Day 2 Elapsed time 1 Beth Castaldi I 00:10:39.90 00;10:26.42. 00:21:06.32 2 Luke Siertsema00:10:44.64 00:10:31.41 . 00:21:16.05 3 Ken Davis 00:11:00.95 00:10:26.44 .. 00:21:27.39 4 DeDe Wilcenski 00:11:17.93 00:11:09.54 .. 00:22:27.47 5 Jill Czerniak 00:11:41.75 00:10;52.42 .. 00:22:34.17 6 Tanner Johnson 00:11:39.99 00:10:59.97 .. 00:22:39.96 7 Jay Czemiak 00:11:46.72 00:11:32.87 .. 00:23:19.59 8 Mike Siertsema 00:12:11.51 00:11:11.98 .. 00:23:23.49 9 *Bear Valitchka 00:12:50.71 00:12:32.19 .. 0:25:22.90 10 Jordyn Bzdok 00:13:42.63 00:11:54.19 .. 00:25:36.82 11 *Rich Kisselhoff 00:13:03.35 00:12:38.11 .. 00:25:41.46 12 *Haily Fernald 00:13:33.27 00:12:42.70 .. 00:26:15.97 13 Joey Carey 00:12:54.36 00:13:39.07 •. 00:26:33.43 14 *Tanya Menard 00:14:01.07 00:13:01.71 .. 00:27:02.78 15 ##Laurie Meyer 00:14:08.57 00:14:04.14 .. 00:28:12.71 16 *Michaela Marquardt 00:15:08.12 00:15:04.96 .. 00:30:13.08 17 ##Donna Koepp 00:17:38.17 00:13:23.92 .. 00:31:02.09 18 *Kayla Lauth 00:18:54.81 00:19:58.20 .. 00:38:53.01 19 *Carlleen Brehmer 00:20:23.28 00:18:39.38 . . 00:39:02.66 20 Annette McNeely 00:17:38.12 • J h 21 *Kristine Wieinberg 00:25:44,08 00:29:44.84. . 00:55:28.92 22 *Elaine Bader 00:29:30.96 00:30:57.17 .. 01:00:28.13 23 Niina Baum 00:12:53.75 DNR DNR * means class B, ## means pure bred team Giving a ride from the trail and up to the kennel Here are some pictures from Wedsday when I took the dogs out to run them once more before our race this weekend. We took them out and they did really well with a blown over trail, Dingo really knows how to find and follow a trail! We practiced passing my cousin who ran Cinnamon and Pilot, and they did AWESOME! I say we are ready for this race, and I know nothing will stop us! Hope to see you there! I also know now that my 2 younger cousins are loving free rides! As you can tell I gave one out Wedsday during our snowy night. |
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