Day One of the Dog Trial Finals

We had a great day at the trials yesterday.  The weather was sunny and beautiful, and COLD!  We had to remind ourselves it wasn’t the Iditarod 😉

The trials are being held just outside of Taihape, NZ.  If you don’t know, Taihape is the Gumboot Capital of the World…and for the record, our “Southeast Florshiem’s” aka, Xtratuf are the Alaska version of Gumboots, and we put them to good use.

This is just a taste of what we saw, more photos to come.

Puppy in Truck
Puppy in Truck
North Island Finals
Where we going? Looks dangerous, where’s Indy?
Lotsa Sheep
A man, his dogs and sheep
Kenny and Jess
Kenny and Jess
Claire and Rebel
Claire and Rebel