March 2018 and I made a little video of my dogs and me skiing around my street in the snow. The video went viral and lots of people said how I should race on snow and become the first British person to skijor. Well buoyed by those messages I set myself a goal – to compete at the World Snow Championships in France in January 2019.

First time on ‘proper’ snow, La Pesse

BY Dan Wagstaff - UK9

We know some of the team can’t make it now, but we wish everyone and their dogs the very best of luck.

Hope you all have an awesome time.

Last weekend saw the opening SDAS race of the season. Sherwood Forest came alive to the sounds of dogs howling and teams came from far and wide to compete for the honours. 

Firstly lets just take the time to reflect on how big Germany is….it’s massive and driving from one side to the other seems to take forever on the longest , straightest motorway in history. Luckily I had Gareth to regale me with his never ending views on Brexit, a word to the wise do not even mention the ‘B’ word to G, you will live to regret it!

Jenn Davis, our Child Welfare officer, attended the BSSF Fact Finding Meeting on Sunday 14th October.  Here are her notes from the meeting:

You know how it is, you want to enter a running race with your dog but which class do you choose? Entering DR6 because you want to do "Dog Running 6 Miles" could end you in a whole lot of trouble!

We have put together a list of the race classes run by most organisations/clubs so you don't end up chasing a 6 dog husky team with your Jack Russell attached to you by a belt.

UK9's very own Chantelle Goddard Jones and Gareth Bowyer are at the ICF World Championships. We managed to catch up with them as they were taking a little trip to check out the local area.

If you are new or a beginner in dog sports some of the terminology used can be quite confusing. We have compiled a list of the most common lingo you will hear at a race.

An explanation of the Trail Markers used in a sled dog race.

When hooking up a large sled dog team, it is important to know what everything is called even if you're just handling.

Your chance to have a say in the future development of the BSSF.......
We will be attending a meeting for ways to improve and move the BSSF forwards. We need your views, ideas, good or bad!
Please comment or pm/ email if you would prefer.
Change can only happen if we get involved. We look forward to hearing from you 

To have your say visit this post on facebook

All the team have been working very hard throughout the summer increasing  distance and technicality of our trails. We now have an extra 4 trails for the 2018/19 with more still in construction. One of which is to include a wooden bridge , similar to what you find at Eagle Brae (Scotland) , so you can train your team for all eventualities.

We are also planning to add a few jumps etc along our longest trail for mtb and scooter technique training.

SWEDEN

SVEG 2018

2^ND – 12^TH MARCH 2018