| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| needtosled |
Posted - 12/21/2003 : 5:46:48 PM
Signs of being addicted
You know you have a problem with being addicted to dog sledding and your dogs when:
*In your spare time you sit and watch the weather channel while you relax and make more ganglines
*you say to your partner " I promise honey this is the last litter"
*after you have said the above you secretly pick out the next stud.
*you forget to pick up the kids from school because you just got the most amazing snow fall and just had to go sledding
*you wake up in the middle of the night run down stairs to make final changes to the main team line up.
*you spend more time reading the labels on dog food bags than you do your own food.
*you no longer understand anyone who does not think freezing your butt off behind a team of dogs is the best way to relax.
*Your gloves smell like raw meat and your snow bottoms and boots smell like dog pee, and you don't notice anymore, or for that sake don't even care.
*summer has just arrived and you are planning the training schedule for fall.
*your concerned that Christmas and your wedding anniversary will interfere with your racing dates
this was written by my husband who thinks I really have a problem :-) Merry christmas every one happy mushing
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| dogmama |
Posted - 04/29/2010 : 6:49:36 PM
You know you are addicted to sled dogs when:
With every purchase that you make, you calculate how many bags of dog food that you could have just purchased.
When your husband asks, "When will you know that you have enough dogs?" you just reply that you will know. |
| Mushing Loon |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 4:28:39 PM
I don't think of it as an addiction, like alcohol or tobacco, that you should feel guilty about and try to quit. And it's not that I'm just obsessed, or its a little hobby.
It's purely a mental illness, and I can stop feeling guilty or making excuses and can just smile and say, "Yep! I'm crazy!"
That's a relief! |
| Susie Rogan |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 11:40:52 PM
You let your friend's sled dog have a bite of your pizza, then take the next bite yourself without comment or expression. (Saw William Kleedhen do that last night over here!) |
| Captain Sleddog |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 11:44:31 AM
You Might be addicted if:
*On groundhogs day, you can't understand why everyone else in your family is sad when the hog predicts six more weeks of winter.
*You are the only member of your family who is sad to see all the snow melt.
*If one of your huskies licks the cookie you're eating, you eat it anyway, but if your brother licks it you throw it away in disgust.
*You can't understand why your parents don't think howling is the most beautiful animal sound ever.
*You read, watch movies, and do your schoolwork (I am homeschooled)with a husky puppy in your lap.
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| endurancekennels |
Posted - 01/20/2010 : 9:46:16 PM
...when you realize how warm and comfy dog houses are and wonder what it's like to sleep in a man-sized dog house... |
| RSmith |
Posted - 10/14/2009 : 11:06:07 AM
Are they're any alternative treatments to the addictions and actions stated that anyone is aware of?
Or is it just your in or out, all or nothing, take no prisoners, Ooorah, semper fi ?
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| MCSleddogs |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 7:18:56 PM
You know your addicted when, your wife askes you for a baby and you say no 'cause ya can't put a harness on one. |
| SKIJOR#1 |
Posted - 08/31/2009 : 07:23:20 AM
Do you suppose I'm addicted? |
| donnors_girl |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 2:03:22 PM
*when before you hook a dog up to his new chain, you try it out yourself to see if it's strong enough.
*when you sit on the dog trailer watching your pack all day.
*you play like a dog when you turn some loose
*when you can't go to sleep if your dogs aren't howling.
*you spend more time on sleddogcentral.com than doing your homework that's due the next day. |
| mooselook |
Posted - 08/15/2009 : 6:31:21 PM
Or maybe even worse, "people", as in it's early morning, the alarm is buzzing, five dogs have you pinned beneath the comforter and you holler out "Come on, people, off the bed"!  |
| Susie Rogan |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 1:29:46 PM
When you refer to your dogs as 'someone' and 'everyone' instead of 'a dog'. For instance, "Put someone in with Jinjiro, he gets along with everybody." |
| jbeall |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 10:04:12 AM
you need notice when company is coming, as the house is always a wreck, but anyone can come to the kennel anytime cause you clean the kennel everyday.
You know exactly what vet costs for each procedure, and human health care never crosses your mind. |
| SilverSepp Kennels |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 7:08:22 PM
You know you're addicted to Sleddogs when:
- You have a friend over and instead of staying up late, get up at 5am to run dogs!
- You have 20 dogs and can't understand why everyone thinks you have too many!
- You pick your friends based on how much they like dogs!
- You're favorite thing to do is sit in the dog yard and talk to your dogs about "what your gonna do next season" and complain about 70 degree weather being too hot to run!
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| jbeall |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 4:04:36 PM
Signs of being addicted
You know you have a problem with being addicted to dog sledding and your dogs when:
you read these off to your friends and it takes several pages for you to realize you are the only one that gets it.
your vet bills concern you but health care doesnt cross your mind.
you have more dogs than ever before, and you want a puppy (or 2)
you buy clothes based on what will show hair the least, style is not even a concideration.
you dread even good friends coming over because the house is a wreck, but anyone is welcome in the kennel it gets cleaned everyday!!
happy trails!
*In your spare time you sit and watch the weather channel while you relax and make more ganglines
*you say to your partner " I promise honey this is the last litter"
*after you have said the above you secretly pick out the next stud.
*you forget to pick up the kids from school because you just got the most amazing snow fall and just had to go sledding
*you wake up in the middle of the night run down stairs to make final changes to the main team line up.
*you spend more time reading the labels on dog food bags than you do your own food.
*you no longer understand anyone who does not think freezing your butt off behind a team of dogs is the best way to relax.
*Your gloves smell like raw meat and your snow bottoms and boots smell like dog pee, and you don't notice anymore, or for that sake don't even care.
*summer has just arrived and you are planning the training schedule for fall.
*your concerned that Christmas and your wedding anniversary will interfere with your racing dates
this was written by my husband who thinks I really have a problem :-) Merry christmas every one happy mushing
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| Alk9friends |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 10:24:57 PM
you know when you are addicted to sleddogs when you've been racing them for 32 seasons with the 33rd coming up
you know when you are addicted to sleddogs when two wives and several girl friends (not all at the same time, in fact just one at a time) have said it's them or the dogs and you still have the dogs
you know when you are addicted to sleddogs when you notice the the young adults who are amongst your toughest competitors, are grandchildren of people who started mushing at the same time you did
you know when you are addicted to sleddogs when your greatgrandson bugs you to take him for a dogsled ride
you know when you are addicted to sleddogs when you still read columns like this after 33 years!!! |
