Run By Dogs Training and Rehabilitation

03/19/2026

Our last public event of the season! At a very wonderful library!

Join us for dog sled rides, snow or shine!

03/19/2026

The sled dog season is quickly winding up! It may have been the best season of snow, dog health, veteran dogs and cold weather. My human team of handler Kerry, check in manager Heidi, behind the scenes husband Dylan with constant emailing and reservations, and my powerhouse kid, Wren – all embodied perfection in every way. And me, I love my winter work. Spending hours all day every day all winter with my best furred friends. Watching them do what their spirits require- it’s worth everything.
We gave 264 guests, rides. That’s averaging 99 miles. We had babies, little kids and folks in their 90’s. We had guests from Norway that grew up dog sledding and wanted their kids to experience mushing now that they live in the States. We had local guests, and guests with language barriers from other countries. I love that language barriers stop having meaning when dogs do all our talking.
To get ready for the season I logged about 150 miles of physical conditioning runs, another 150 miles of team building and maintenance runs before the heaviest peak of the season in February. Now in March we focus on education in schools and public areas. 100% of money brought in pays for the dogs’ lifestyle. Not just the current year- but slow years ahead, and sicknesses, and new gear, and … The sled dogs are self-employed and thriving.
I had to apologize to the dog team this year for crashing my sled into an unforgiving rock in our big mileage trail. The sled was fine, but my shoulder and arm took a hit. I cancelled sled rides for one weekend, then sucked it up, used approximately 5 miles of bandages to attach my shoulder to my body. If you saw me driving with one arm, now you know why 😉 The humor is I could ice it while at work! Ha! I hesitated on telling guests and Facebook land about my injury because I didn’t want to scare anyone into thinking mushing is dangerous. Then it dawned on me that attaching several dogs to a wooden sled may be the description of dangerous.
I love my dogs, and giving them every inch of winter I can is one way I show them.
Cheers to next season!

03/13/2026

Tomorrow at Sharon Springs Free Library I will have 2 of our sled dogs, gear, and will give a fun talk on the best snow season we've had in years!! After the talk, come outside for sledding fun!
11am-12:30pm. ❤️❄️

01/31/2026

This woman is one fierce grandma!

01/31/2026

Guest from yesterday. It thrills me to have great dogs i can share with so many!

01/30/2026

When we have guests getting sled rides my teams uses walkie talkies to stay in contact.
If you ever wonder what we talk about, this is it!!
Im on the trail for guest safety, Kerry is at the kennel helping our guests get started on the trail and Heidi is in the gift shop, usually checking in our next guests!

01/28/2026

I think I'm supposed to be at the back of the sled. Not under the front of the sled. How did i get here? I dont know.
I made choices. That is all 🤔😂😂💯

01/27/2026

Slow, beautiful, mindful, with peace.

01/26/2026

The dog sledding trails are about as perfect as they will ever be! I groomed them today, they will set up over night and will be a dream to sled with the dogs!
Im going to open more dates on the booking calendar. This snow should set us up to have a great rest of the season!

01/24/2026

O° weather means boots on the dogs and powder on their toes. Proactive nutritional supplements and massaged muscles happens whatever the temps.

01/24/2026

Kerry does all the work and I hang out doing selfies. Its a hard life on the sled. 😂😍💓

01/24/2026

Rolled cod for after runs. It smells horrid, but im not one to judge 😎