TR: Faces Dogs Make When you Take them Skiing

[garyfromterrace]

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The surly look on my dog Spider's face after I tell him to shut the f*ck up and give me a second to transition. Love the guy and love his enthusiasm for the down but the incessant whining can be a little much. Gimme a god damn second!!!!

Anyone else's dog lose their f*cking minds as you are transitioning?..... Oh wait, I can guess the answer to that question. We're talking about dogs after all.

Ha, yeah. I can identify. Maisie is out for the season however. I sit here waiting for the call from the vet surgeon in Calgary as to when she goes under the knife for an ACL repair. Maisie and I will be fondly following this thread and living vicariously through you folks and all your dogs. Go get some for Maisie and I please.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

The skiing was just plain terrible today. Clancy didn't care. He did insist on being backlit most of the day.









A little tired after his first day of the season

[plugboots]

Gimme a god damn second!!!!

Anyone else's dog lose their f*cking minds as you are transitioning?.....

We stopped taking Scooter because her nervous whining started to freak us out. Nothing like incessant nervous whining when you want to be calm and listen.
Jessie’s dead quiet, which is great, but Kedar is the master. Mills around at the top, often out of view, then somehow shows up just as I’m lowering/grabbing my poles, watches intently, then bolts:

[Angle Parking]

The skiing was just plain terrible today. Clancy didn't care. He did insist on being backlit most of the day.









A little tired after his first day of the season

Nice action shots. I especially like the first one.

[Angle Parking]

My guy from today;

[banzai]

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[aanev]

Two sammies and a stray.

(with @banzai)

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Tough conditions for a dog today. Almost 30" over the last couple days with a punchy layer half way down. Less dog smiles than is usual.

[Angle Parking]

[Angle Parking]

[garyfromterrace]

Out-fucking-standing.
Maisie is asleep on the couch beside me 2 days post TPLO surgery. The post op physio has begun. I think she's down with it as she allowed me to ice her knee and leg.

Go doggies! Maisie is rooting for you all!

[Angle Parking]

So what is the prognosis Gary? Will she make a recovery back to full-on dog mode or does that remain to be seen.

[garyfromterrace]

So what is the prognosis Gary? Will she make a recovery back to full-on dog mode or does that remain to be seen.

Pretty good prognosis given her age, her shape going into surgery and the fact that I'm going at her physio like it's my full time job. Doc says she should make a full recovery. She was also weight bearing the day after surgery, so that's good. Scary thought is that there's a 50% chance she blows her right rear stifle now...

[Angle Parking]

Pretty good prognosis given her age, her shape going into surgery and the fact that I'm going at her physio like it's my full time job. Doc says she should make a full recovery. She was also weight bearing the day after surgery, so that's good. Scary thought is that there's a 50% chance she blows her right rear stifle now...

So, I'm thinking I know this (or maybe not) but what happened, how did it go down, why Calgary for surgery, etc.

And what is 'right rear stifle' btw?

[skiJ]

( right knee, hind leg )

Gary has everything else and

I will delete this post when he follows-up.

GfT - ' Glad Surgery went well

( no reason to worry about her right leg - Life happens - though you might encourage her to limit cliff jumps to twice her height

( landings aren't rear leg heavy anyway. )

' Glad Surgery went well ! !!

Go Maisie ! !! skiJ

[BCMtnHound]

Best wishes to Maisie on her full recovery Gary!

And fabulous shots all. Lexa can't do the deep backcountry anymore, but she gets very stoked on the XC runs. I swear to upgrade the phone and take some pics worthy of sharing soon.

Happy New Year!

[skifishbum]

pawsitive healin vibes sent
i think i was given this god so as to keep my passion on snow sliding strong

[skiJ]

pawsitive healin vibes sent
i think i was given this god so as to keep my passion on snow sliding strong

love ur pic.s, sfb - Thank you.

skiJ

[liv2ski]

^^^^Yup, always give me a big smile looking at those.

[Mofro261]

[Angle Parking]

^^^^Quality stuff everyone.

skifishbum... Your dog doesn't make a fuss about the booties? What led you to go the boot route, ice balls?

I spent 2 winters in my 20's training and racing sled dogs sprint teams. We'd put booties on certain dogs, often those with little cuts or hot spots. Some dogs would take them and others not so much. Not only would they manage to rip them off while running, a couple hours they would sh*t them out. So while running and pulling like crazy, they would manage to pull their booties off and eat them... all while pulling.

[Angle Parking]

My dog Spider was pretty happy we bailed on our ridge walk / traverse and retreated to the trees for some deep goods.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

[Angle Parking]

great shots ^^^

[skiJ]

+2 skiJ