hi paul and evy,
its so great to read all the replies and thank you so much for stopping in and replying, i know its always hard to find time around dogs and work to do this for us, we really appriciate you guys steping up and doing it.
i know its rather belated, but id like to send you and evy our condolences for the loss of govenor, its always hard to loose a friend and team mate like him. im glad theres some promise in his off spring coming through for you guys.
ok couple of questions, why did you choose to race long distance, over say sprint or shorter races, did it just evolve or was it due the folks around you running long distance such as dean O?
how do you spot your leaders when young, do you have anything you do with the pups that might help show up a potential leader in the future out of a litter?
and what methods do you use for leader training, i noticed you were going to do some 'one to one' training with some of the younger dogs using the older dogs, is this just going out with a smaller team with them in lead or just the 2 dogs on their own?
matt (tangles)
p.s. just to let you know you have some big fans over here in ENGLAND UK! were always rooting for you!