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I just saw that a small, friendly sleddog race north of
Calgary has been postponed - is that due to lack of snow?

We're having the usual problems here, too. The Craftsbury
True Companion Race has been cancelled due to lack of snow
for the third year running and the Stratford Night Riders'
race has been postponed. Sandwich Notch was cancelled due
to lack of volunteers, probably because of waning enthusiasm
because of what's going on with the climate. It's another
bad one! But I would have thought Alberta would be in
pretty good shape.
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(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I just saw that a small, friendly sleddog race north of
Calgary has been postponed - is that due to lack of snow?

We always have a lack of snow this time of year. It's cold, but
no snow (though we had about 4 inches of light stuff a couple of
days ago and an inch a month before that).

I don't know why a sledddog race would be scheduled for anytime
other than February and March unless it's closer to the
mountains (Rockies or the foothills).

Which race is this?

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I don't know why a sledddog race would be scheduled for
anytime other than February and March unless it's closer to
the mountains (Rockies or the foothills).

Which race is this?

http://www.canmoresleddograces.com/

They should have been fine, being so close to Banff. I guess
that all of snow which the ski hills have been enjoying missed
the Canmore area.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
I don't know why a sledddog race would be scheduled for anytime
other than February and March unless it's closer to the
mountains (Rockies or the foothills).

I think it's directly north. It also looks like the race
has had a short but rocky (NO PUN INTENDED) history, thanks
to the weather.

Which race is this?

The Rosebud Run: http://www.rosebudrun.ca. I think it's
pretty cool to have races relatively close to major cities,
although it's a mixed bag for the mushers. There are
purebred races in Vaughan, ON (Toronto northern suburb)
every year and I feel kind of obligated to go up, but I
don't want to stay with my dogs in a suburban hotel and
while various family have said I could park my truck at
their places that would be absolutely crazy, not to mention
really hard on the dogs (tons of youngsters badgering 'em).
But still, I think it's nice that city people get a chance
to see something like that. The extent to which humans are
becoming alienated from nature is pretty disheartening, and
stuff to counteract that is always good.
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In article ,
Rocky wrote:
http://www.canmoresleddograces.com/

Different races!

World cup XC skiing just finished in Canmore, I believe.
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