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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

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McMillan, MI 49853
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 It's another dreary day here in the UP...guess that means fall is just around the corner. Yep, back to school season is definately here! Nate and I are on the couch typing "together". He basically runs his fingers across the shiny mouse pad and messes things up. Then he grunts because he begs to watch Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video on you tube. Yep, he's hip I tell ya! I have no idea how he became such a big fan, but as soon as that song comes on, his face lights up and his feet get kicking. It's down right weird. (Now you are all going to watch it too aren't you ?!) Anyway, back to work...Mallory removed the dew claws from Tulli's puppies today. All six pups are doing great and are very chubby. She only had two pups for her last litter, Bolt and Enzo, and they were obese! So, we'll see how this crew turns out. I took Nate into the pen to pet the puppies but he was more interested in standing in the dog house and stomping his feet. Tulli wasn't fased at all, just kept nursing and looking at the little weirdo doing his Single Ladies dance. Ed is in Maine this week to finalize our plans to give rides at Sunday River Resort near Bethel, Maine. Yes, Nature's Kennel is becoming a national chain. Sunday River is a Boyne family owned resort so we are expanding within the Boyne family to offer more for guests on the East coast. Krister will be headin up the Maine crew, so he and Ed were hiking around trails today and meeting with the head of operations. Well I'm off to watch Beyonce. A child changes your life is ways that you'd certainly NEVER imagine! Posted by Tasha

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 It’s been eight years since I left my classroom teaching job in Duluth. However, the end-of-summer, back-to-school feelings still persist. It must have something to do with an engrained cycle of summer vacation and school events that begin at age five, and continue for at least thirteen years, and maybe more if one is in the education field or the parent of school-aged children, or the owner of a sled dog kennel. Back to school at the kennel may not be exactly what teachers and students experience, but there is certainly a change of pace. The kennel is a busy place at 6 am these days, with multiple teams being run. I’m sure there are many house-holds across America that were very quiet at 6 am this summer; but no more as alarms go off, kids start rustling around, and breakfast gets served. The dogs sense the change too, not only in the cool morning temperatures, but also in our energy of that back to school excitement. It’s hard to pin point the emotions of a first grader on his or her first day of school, and the emotions are the same in the kennel these days. The young pups are watching intently as the adults get hooked up just as the first graders watch and learn from the fifth graders as they board the school bus. There is definitely some re-training that takes place after summer “vacation”, both academically and socially. I’m sure many middle school students are struggling to fit into their new pack, just as a few of our young dogs are. It’s exciting and stressful all at the same time. And not only are the kids anticipating a new and exciting year, so are the teachers. There’s new staff, new students, new schedules, new courses. We have three new staff members arriving in the next month. Amy and Jessica are making their way across county this week (Amy from Saskatchewan, Canada and Jessica from Northern California) and Kristen will be driving from Alaska once she is finished with her summer job in Denali. Our canine “students” who spent the summer running tours in Alaska will be home at the end of the month, we have many more young and inexperienced “students” who will be in harness soon, and we have new “students” who were just born yesterday (I think the kindergarten and pre-school classes will be full this year!). And, we are all looking forward to a new year of tours, rides and adventures. So yes, the season has begun; we are all headed back to school. Posted by Tasha

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 I know it is urban legend that Eskimo's have a hundred words for snow but it is a fact that there are over a hundred words for drywall. Some of these words were even exclaimed by Tasha as she returned to the store to buy two more sheets after turning a corner too fast and damaging the sheets she had just purchased and loaded into the truck. She did make it home safely with the next load and it is now hanging on the wall with mud in its joints. One coat down, a few more $%^& coats to go. The Pretting Up Kennel (House) Experience, also know as P.U.K.E. is proceeding nicely. About half of the trim is refinished and nailed up. As mentioned above, the drywall is hanging and mudding has begun. Today's project is to build new towel bars for the bathroom, take down the old, patch, paint, and put everything back together. I am far enough along in the project now to start seeing some of the fruits of the labor. When finished, it is going to look very nice for our guests this winter! Posted by Ed

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