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Well, maybe not *outing*, but on our way back home yesterday
I swapped him into right front lead to see how he'd do, and
he did great. He didn't seem stressed, he didn't look
around, he didn't ask for reassurance, but he went straight
as an arrow down the trail. In fact, once we turned into
the barnyard Crow tried to go over to the truck but Jack
pulled her back in the right direction and down the hill,
and I've never seen any other dog tell Crow what to do,
ever.

Documentary evidence at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXYsIkajoXM
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(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:gnppqq$fc2$1
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Documentary evidence at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXYsIkajoXM

Those are some happy, happy dogs!

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Shelly wrote:
Those are some happy, happy dogs!

Mostly! Eclipse was unhappy about being demoted and made no
effort to hide it. At one point she tried to take everybody
off in a different direction but fortunately nobody was
listening to her (which is a good thing to know, actually).
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Well, maybe not "outing", but on our way back home yesterday I swapped
him into right front lead to see how'd he do and he did great.
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Congratulations Melinda...
Wonderful job Jack! This time I opted to read all of the thread before
posting and it is good that I did. You already answered my question
about the dog that he replaced.

I was going to inquire how the replaced dog (Eclipse) handled it and it
sounds like Jack handled it all just fine. As you know I know little
about dog sledding but that seems impressive to me that Jack could just
step into the lead role and not be intimidated by Eclipse, the former
leader and a dog that was now positioned right behind him.

Is Jack going to be the new leader or do you plan to switch back and
forth?


Be Free.....Judy

In article ,
Judith Althouse wrote:
Is Jack going to be the new leader or do you plan to switch back and
forth?

I hope that eventually he'll be a regular leader but he
still has a lot to learn, plus it's a lot of pressure for a
dog and he needs to mature some. But he's such a
bossy-pants and *so* self-confident that I think he's
probably a natural.

I thought of you the other day when I saw that Lance Mackey
has a Cafe Press store, where he's selling stuff that's kind
of tacky (the Zorro "Who's your daddy?" stuff) and kind of
funny: https://www.cafepress.com/LanceMackey

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Melinda Shore wrote:
In article ,
Shelly wrote:
Those are some happy, happy dogs!

Mostly! Eclipse was unhappy about being demoted and made no
effort to hide it. At one point she tried to take everybody
off in a different direction but fortunately nobody was
listening to her (which is a good thing to know, actually).

That would have been kinda funny if it had
worked though.

I mean, for me....sitting at home where its
warm :-)

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Tara Green wrote:
That would have been kinda funny if it had
worked though.

I learned a lot from Image dragging us through hedgerows
along deer trails, Image taking off with the team when I
stopped to zip up my parka, Image laughing at me when I, oh,
nevermind.
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(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

He didn't seem stressed, he didn't look
around, he didn't ask for reassurance, but he went straight
as an arrow down the trail.

That impressed me to no end. I watched the video before reading
your post. And I was thinking, he's going to check in *now*!
Yet he didn't.

Is he as confident as he appears?

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Documentary evidence at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXYsIkajoXM
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Lovely but where's the music? G
Alison

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Rocky wrote:
Is he as confident as he appears?

Yes - it's kind of worrisome in a creature that still has a
puppy brain.
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