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EXERCISE IN WINTER, AND IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES, DEBBY WOLNIAK
VISITS CAMP BOW WOW IN WAUKESHA
FOR SOME ADVICE ON WINTER CARE
FOR OUR CANINE FRIENDS.
AND THEN IN AN ARCHIVAL SEGMENT
FROM 1993, I'LL GO DOG SHREDDING
WITH SOME CANINES THAT REALLY
LOVE WINTER.
BUT FIRST, WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF AN ANCIENT WEAPON
CALLED THE ATLATL FROM GLEN
OECHSNER AS THE WISCONSIN
AFFILIATED SPEARTHROWERS
CELEBRATE WORLD ATLATL DAY.
I'M DAN SMALL, AND IT'S TIME
ONCE AGAIN FOR "OUTDOOR
WISCONSIN."
♪ SUMMER TO FALL, WINTER TO
SPRING ♪
♪ FROM GREEN BAY TO WHERE THE
ST. CROIX SINGS ♪
♪ FROM KETTLE MORAINE TO
SUPERIOR'S SHORE ♪
♪ OUTDOOR WISCONSIN ♪
♪ OUTDOOR WISCONSIN ♪♪
>> WE'VE COME TO THE OXNAR FARM
IN ASHFORD, WISCONSIN AND I'M
TALKING WITH GLEN OECHSNER, WHO
WAS BORN HERE, ACTUALLY AND THIS
IS WORLD ATLATL DAY AND LOTS
OFAGIVITY GOING ON TODAY, BUT
GLEN, YOU ARE KIND OF AN
HISTORIAN OF THIS SPORT, AREN'T
YOU?
HUGH STUDIED IT A LITTLE BIT.
>> YES, I HAVE.
I READ ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.
AND THEN I FINALLY DECIDED IT
WAS TIME TO TRY IT.
SO I STARTED BY MAKING A FEW
THROWERS, AND WHEN I HAD A
COUPLE OF THROWERS MADE, I
DECIDED WELL, YOU NEED SOMETHING
TO THROW, SO I STARTED LOOKING
AROUND AT DIFFERENT MATERIALS,
AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A
NATIVE AMERICAN VISIT MY FARM
FOR, YOU KNOW, THE LAST 20 SOME
YEARS, AND HE KIND OF HELPED ME
ALONG A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF
THE MATERIALS AND HOW TO GO
ABOUT PUTTING THE FLETCHING ON
THEM AND THAT KIND OF THING.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE THROWERS
FIRST.
NOW THIS IS THE DEVICE THAT
TECHNICALLY IS THE ATLATL,
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
THE ATLATL OR SPEAR THROWER.
EVERY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE HAD
A NAME FOR IT.
WE KNOW CERTAIN NAMES LIKE THE
ATLATL THAT WAS THE AZTEC NAME
FOR IT AND THE SPANISH ACTUALLY
WROTE BACK, WHEN THEY SENT FRESH
TROOPS OUT, THAT THEIR ARMIES
HAD ALREADY ADVANCED TO THE BOW
AND ARROW, WHICH WASN'T
PENETRATE EGG THE ARMOR, BUT
WHEN THEY RAN INTO PEOPLE SPEAR
HUNTING WITH THESE, IT WOULD
PENETRATE THE ARMOR, DUE TO THE
FACT IT WAS A LARGER, PROJECTILE
AND A HEAVIER WEAPON, SO THAT'S
HOW WE KNOW WHAT THEY CALLED IT
IT.
THIS PARTICULAR ATLATL IS
IRONWOOD, THE WOOD, THE SPUR OR
THE PART THAT ACTUALLY ATTACHES
TO THE SPEAR THAT YOU THROW, IT
MADE OF ANTLER.
THE STONE WEIGHT, WHICH IS A
COUNTERBALANCE FOR THE LONG
EXTRA WEIGHT THAT YOU HAVE OUT
FRONT, IS -- THIS IS A
PARTICULAR ONE IS A BANNER
STONE, AND IT'S CALLED A FLUTED
SADDLE BACK TYPE CORNERSTONE AND
THE HANDLE ON THIS PARTICULAR
ONE IS ANTLER.
SOME HAVE WOODEN HANDLES, HAVE
SOME ANTLER HANDLES AND THERE'S
ALSO A SMALL ROUNDOUT HERE FOR A
REST TO REST A SPEAR ON.
AND I COVERED IT WITH SOME
LEATHER, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE
MORE USER FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW,
THAN JUST HAVING THE BONE OR
BONE HANDLE AS WELL.
>> YOU MADE THIS ONE?
>> YES, I MAKE QUITE A FEW
DIFFERENT STYLES AND THERE'S TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF THROWERS,
THERE'S A STIFF THROWER, WHICH
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH GIVE AND THEN
THERE'S ONE THAT HAS SOME
FLEXIBILITY TO IT.
THEY THINK THE LATER ONES ARE
THE ONES WITH THE FLEXIBILITY,
IT ACTUALLY HELPS WITH THE
THROW.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, HERE'S JUST
ANOTHER TYPE, SAME THING, AGAIN,
IT'S A WOODEN, THIS ONE IS A
CARVED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, HAS
AN EAGLE HEAD AND THE BEAK IS
ACTUALLY WHERE YOU HOOK THE
SPEAR.
THE STONE ON HERE IS CALLED A
WING BANNER STONE, AND THAT'S
ALSO A COUNTERBALANCE.
AND I BELIEVE AND ACCORDING TO
RALPH RED FOX, THE NATIVE
AMERICAN I WAS TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER, YOU ONLY CARRIED MAYBE
FOUR OF THESE.
UNLIKE A QUIVER FULL OF ERRORS
AND IF YOU WERE IN A SITUATION
WHERE YOU HAD AN ENEMY ON YOU,
YOU WERE DONE THROWING YOUR FOUR
SPEARS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GRAB
AN EXTRA WORK GLOVE.
YOU ALREADY HAD IT IN YOUR HAND
AND OF COURSE THIS ONE IS AN AND
THE LETTER HANDLE, LEATHER --
LEATHER HANDLE, -- ANTLER
HANDLE, LEATHER HANDLE.
THIS IS A GOOD, HAS A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF A SPUR ON IT.
IT HAS A VERTEBRAE FROM A WHITE
TAILED DEER, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY
ADD A WHOLE LOT OF WEIGHT, BUT
IT LOOKS COOL AND THIS ONE USES
A LEATHER TONGUE TO HOLD THE --
TO HELP YOU HOLD THE HANDLE.
THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE A REST ON
IT IT, SO THIS ONE YOU HAVE TO
EITHER GRIP THE SPEAR WITH YOUR
FINGERS, OR LAY ACROSS YOUR
KNUCKLES.
WHEN YOU THROW.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT AS PRIMITIVE
AS YOU CAN GET, THIS IS JUST A
SIMPLE TREE BRANCH.
WHENEVER I'M TEACHING KIDS AND I
DO THE SIXTH GRADE CLASSES WHEN
THEY GO TO CAMP, THEN I GO OUT
AND WE THOUGH AND I HAVE THEM GO
OUT AND MAKE AN ATLATL OUT OF A
TREE BRANCH.
OBVIOUSLY I GET PERMISSION
BEFORE WE CUT THE TREE BRANCH,
BUT YOU NEED A BRANCH, IT HAS TO
HAVE A SMALLER BRANCH COMING OFF
OF IT, THAT YOU SHARPEN FOR THE
PART THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HOOK
INTO YOUR SPEAR AND YOU CUT IT
TO THE LENGTH THAT YOU DESIRE.
NOW, KIND OF A RULE OF THUMB, I
WAS TOLD, IF YOU WANT YOUR
THROWER AT LEAST FROM THE ELBOW
TO THE TIP OF YOUR FINGERS AS A
START AND YOUR DARTS AS TALLS
YOU ARE AND FROM THERE ON, YOU
CAN ADJUST TO WHAT FEELS RIGHT
AND FEELS GOOD FOR YOU.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE DARTS THEN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
MATERIALS HERE THAT ARE USED FOR
DARTS.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS RIVER
CANE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON
THE INTERNET THAT ARE MAKING AND
SELLING RIVER CANE DARTS.
THEY'RE EASIER TO MATCH WEIGHT
AND YOUR SPINE ON THEM.
COPPER TIPS, THERE'S DIFFERENT
TYPES OF COPPER PITCHES, THIS
HAPPENS TO BE A NUMBER 8 COPPER
WIRE THAT YOU FLATTEN, DRIVE IN
AN EPOXY.
THIS IS GIANT RAG WEED, IT GROWS
IN EVERY CORN FIELD OR JUST
ABOUT, THE FARMERS DON'T LIKE IT
TO GROW IN EVERY CORN FIELD,
THEY'RE FINDING THAT IT'S
BECOMING RESISTANT TO SPRAYS.
NOW ORIGINALLY, THE TECHNOLOGY
BEHIND THIS WEAPON WAS THIS PART
OF IT WAS THE LARGE PART AND
THIS WAS THE SMALL FORESHAFT.
YOU CARRIED A WHOLE POUCH OF
THESE, OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE
LARGER THAN A POUR AND ARROW, A
QUIVER OF ARROWS, SO YOU MAYBE
ONLY CARRIED THREE, FOUR OF
THESE.
IF THIS IS MADE RIGHT, MADE ON A
TAPER, THIS ACTS LIKE AN AIR
COMPETENCIOR, ONCE IT HIT THE
ANIMAL, IT WOULD POP THE LARGE
PART OFF AND IF YOU WERE LUCKY
ENOUGH, YOU COULD PICK THAT UP,
PUT ANOTHER END IN IT AND THROW
IT AGAIN.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A TECHNOLOGY
THAT THEY DIDN'T CARRY OVER TO
THE ARROW, BUT OBVIOUSLY,
PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO.
TOP, WE USED TURKEY FEATHER
FLETCHING, JUST TO SLOW IT DOWN.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I DO PUT A
SMALL WOODEN DOWEL INSIDE AND WE
ICE AN EPOXY GLUE AND ARTIFICIAL
SINEW.
THEN WE GO TO THE ARTIFICIAL
DOES, THEY COME 6-FOOT LONG, YOU
GO THROUGH THEM, MIGHT GET A
LITTLE STRAIGHTER ONES.
ALL THESE DARTS CAN EASILY BE
STRAIGHTENED OVER A FIRE.
YOU NEED TO HEAT THEM A LITTLE
BIT, PUT SOME COUNTERPRESSURE
AND LET THEM COOL AND THEY'LL BE
STRAIGHT.
THIS ONE HAPPENS TO HAVE A
REGULAR TARGET POINT ON THE END.
NOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING
COMPETITION, WE AREN'T ALLOWED
TO USE STONE POINTS AND WE
AREN'T ALLOWED TO USE A REGULAR
HUNTING RAZOR POINT, BECAUSE IT
WOULD TEAR UP THE TARGETS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
THOSE.
>> AND FINALLY.
>> FINALLY WE GET DOWN TO THE
FIBERGLASS FISHING ROD.
THIS IS AN EXTENDABLE FISH ROD
THAT'S BOUGHT AT A LOCAL
HARDWARE STORE.
AND YOU EXTEND IT AND GLUE IT,
SO IT STAYS EXTENDED.
A SMALL WOODEN FORESHAFT TO ADD
WEIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND A COPPER TIP, THIS IS A
ROUND COPPER TIP, ROUND COPPER
PIPE.
HE GAVE THAT TO GIVE IT EXTRA
STRENGTH AND THEN OF COURSE, THE
FLETCHING ON TOP ON THIS ONE IS
A REGULAR BOUGHT FLETCHING.
>> NOW YOU HAVE FOUND SOME OF
THE ORIGINAL POINTS, RIGHT HERE
ON THE PROPERTY, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> RIGHT.
EVERY CHANCE I GET, EVEN TO THIS
DAY, I'LL STILL GO OUT AND LOOK
AND I STILL FIND SEVERAL ARROW
HEADS EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST.
>> THE MAJORITY OF THE ARROW
HEADS WE'RE FINDING ARE LARGER
TYPE POINTS.
AND THEY WERE USED WITH THIS
WEAPON.
>> NOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE
AZTECS USED THEM IN WAR, BUT
THEY WERE PRIMARILY HUNTING
WEAPON, WERE THEY NOT.
>> EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
MOSTLY, THEY WERE USED FOR
HUNTING.
AND OF COURSE, THEY USED THESE
TO HUNT THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH AND
THE GIANT BISON AND THE GAME.
RIGHT NOW, 27,000 IS THE OLDEST
CONFIRMED USE OF THIS WEAPON
THAT I CAN FIND IN THE UNITED
STATES.
BUT I HAVE READ SOME ARTICLES
WHERE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME
DATES THAT THEY THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OLDER,
AND THEN THAT'S PART OF THE
GAME.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS HOPING
SOMEBODY CAN COME ALONG AND PUSH
SOMETHING BACK A LITTLE FURTHER.
IT'S EXCITING, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
REJUVENATED IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS AND WE'RE STARTING TO GO
GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
IT, AND I'M -- WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET
LEGALIZED AGAIN FOR HUNTING IN
WISCONSIN.
IT IS IN SEVERAL OTHER STATES,
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TAKEN DEER WITH THEM, SO IT'S
POSSIBLE.
AND I HOPE IT WORKS OUT THAT
WAY.
>> CHRIS AND HUNTER ANDERSON OF
WESTBY PHOTOGRAPHED THIS
SPECTACULAR WINTER SUNSET LAST
DECEMBER IN VERNON COUNTY.
TO EMAIL US A PHOTO OF YOUR
FAVORITE WISCONSIN SCENE, LOG ON
TO WWW.MPTV.ORG AND THEN CLICK
ON "CONTACT US" ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN.
OR YOU CAN POST YOUR PHOTO ON
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT "OUTDOOR
WISCONSIN."
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME,
WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE COUNTY
WHERE YOUR PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN.
>> DOGS THAT SPEND TIME OUTDOORS
IN WINTER NEED SPECIAL CARE,
WHETHER YOU TAKE THEM HUNTING OR
JUST OUT FOR A RUN.
LET'S JOIN DEBBY WOLNIAK AND
KELLY BEHNKE AT CAMP BOW WOW IN
WAUKESHA FOR SOME ADVICE ON CARE
FOR CANINES THAT GET OUTDOORS IN
WINTER.
>> SO KELLY, HERE WE ARE AT
BOW WOW IT'S A GREAT FACILITY,
BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT DOGS AND WINTER
PROTECTION.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS PET OWNERS
CAN DO TO PROTECT THEIR PET IN
THE WINTER.
>> ONE THING TO REALLY REMEMBER
IS HOW THINGS GET HOT IN THE
SUMMER, THINGS GET COLD IN THE
WINTER, SO SOME OF THE SAME
THINGS IN SUMMER FALLS THROUGH
TO WINTER, SUCH AS DON'T LEAVE
YOUR DOG IN A CAR FOR A LONG
TIME, YOUR CAR ACTUALLY ACTS
LIKE A FREEZER.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE AS
COLD OUTSIDE, IT ACTUALLY GETS
COLDER IN THE CAR.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
ALSO WHEN TAKING YOUR PUPIL
EXPENDITURE FOR A WALK, BE
COGNIZANT IF THEY'RE STEPPING ON
ROAD SALT, ANTIFREEZE IN THE
WINTER.
>> WHAT ABOUT WHEN A PET OTHER
THAN COMES IN FROM -- PET OWNER
COMES IN FROM A WALK, WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO WITH THE PADS OF
THE DOG.
>> MAKE SURE IN BETWEEN THE PAW
PADS THAT SOMETHING IS NOT STUCK
THERE.
THAT SKIN IS VERY VERY
SENSITIVE, SO JUST A PIECE OF
ROAD SALT COULD GET IN THERE AND
ACTUALLY CUT THEM, SO YOU WANT
TO WIPE IT OFF, MAKE SURE
NOTHING IS IN THERE.
NOW, IF SOMETHING DOES GET CUT,
DEPENDS ON HOW SEVERELY OF
COURSE, CLEAN IT UP, PUT
ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT ON IT AND
WATCH IT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
NO INFECTION.
>> IF THERE IS EXTRA DAMAGE,
SHOULD THEY GO TO THE VET OR
WHEN DO YOU KNOW?
>> DEPENDS ON HOW SERIOUS, IF
THEY'RE LIMPING, AND IT'S NOT
GETTING BETTER, TAKE THEM IN FOR
THAT.
ONE BIG THING WITH WINTER IS
DOGS GETTING INTO ANTIFREEZE.
ANTIFREEZE ACTUALLY SMELLS AND
TASTES SWEET TO THE DOGS, SO
THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THE VET.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU PUT YOUR
DOG IN THE GARAGE, THAT'S
ACTUALLY VERY UNSAFE, BECAUSE
ANTIFREEZE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR,
THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THAT.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE, THEY'LL BECOME
LETHARGIC, FLOWING UP.
>> WHAT ABOUT GIVING YOUR PET A
BATH IN THE WINTER, ANY ADVICE
ON THAT.
>> THE McCAIN-PALIN THING IS
DON'T GIVE YOUR --
>> THE MAIN THING IS DON'T GIVE
YOUR DOG A BATH AND LET THEM OUT
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
BEING WET.
>> I KNOW SOME DOGS ARE STILL
ATTRACTED TO THE OPEN WATER AND
THINGS LIKE THAT IN WINTER, BUT
YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE COGNIZANT OF IT, BUT
THEY'LL KEEP GOING AND GOING AND
GOING, SO YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE
WATCHING THEM.
>> WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN DOG
OWNERS DO FOR THEIR PET THAT HAS
TO BE OUTSIDE.
THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL OF.
>> WELL, IF THEY HAVE TO BE OUT
LITERALLY OUTSIDE, HAVE
PROTECTION, A DOGHOUSE IF YOU
WILL.
INSIDE THAT DOGHOUSE, HAY,
THERE'S HEATED WATER BOWLS,
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN
DO, BUT IN REHALT, WHEN IT'S
REALLY, REALLY COLD, THE DOGS
SHOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE.
>> CAN THEY GET FROSTBITE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FUR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ESPECIALLY THEIR PAW, AND
QUICKLY.
>> SO THE DOG THAT'S WITH THEIR
OWNER, OUT RUNNING, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE FOR A MILE OR TWO, OR
FIVE, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST FOR
THAT?
>> WELL, SOME OF THAT, YOU HAVE
TO TAKE THE BREED INTO
CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
MORE HEARTY BREEDS SUCH AS LABS,
HUSKIES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT
ARE BETTER IN WINTER CONDITIONS
VERSUS DOGS THAT HAVE MUCH LESS
FUR.
I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY, IT'S
JUST SKIN.
SO IF YOU'RE A RUNNER AND YOU
WANT TO TAKE YOUR DOG FOR A RUN
IN THE WINTER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT DOG IS BETTER
EQUIPPED FOR THAT TYPE OF
ACTIVITY.
>> SO REALLY, WE ALMOST HAVE TO
KIND OF THINK IT AS OUR HUMAN
BEHAVIOR.
>> IT REALLY IS AND MORE SO
BECAUSE THE DOGS, SOMETIMES THEY
DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY'RE
COLD UNTIL IT'S BEYOND THE POINT
THAT THEY'RE TOO COLD, SO IT'S
REALLY OUR JOB.
>> DO DOGS NEED FOR FOOD AND
WATER IN THE WINTER.
>> DEPENDS ON THEIR ACTIVITY
LEVEL.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE -- TO PUT
A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT ON THEM IF
THEY'LL BE OUTSIDE, BUT REALLY
GENERALLY PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE A
HUNTING DOG, PERHAPS, BUT YOUR
STANDARD DOMESTIC, YOU KNOW,
FAMILY PET, NO, NOT NECESSARILY.
>> SO ANY OTHER BIT OF ADVICE
FOR CLEAN AREAS, PLACES FOR THE
DOGS TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE?
>> YOU REALLY WANT TO CLEAN UP
AFTER YOUR DOG ALL THE TIME.
IT'S EASY TO KIND OF LET THAT
SLIDE DURING THE WINTER, BUT IF
REALITY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP
WITH IT.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,
TEMPERATURES, WE CAN GET ABOVE
FREEZING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IF
IT RAINS A LITTLE BIT, YOU'VE
GOT A REAL MESS OUT THERE, AND
YOU HAVE POTENTIAL OF PARASITES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> SO GARMENTS, DOGS AND
GARMENTS, SOME PEOPLE THINK IS
THAT OVERKILL.
WHAT THINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO
DOGS.
>> WELL, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
THINGS.
ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COATS
THAT ARE OUT THERE, ALSO
BOOTIES, AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE
WALK THEIR PUPS WITH THE BOOTIES
ON.
FOR WARMTH AS WELL AS PROTECTION
FROM ROAD SALT AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, SO -- AND PLUS, YOU CAN
HAVE FUN WITH IT TOO.
>> I THOUGHT THIS ONE -- SAW
THIS ONE GARMENT INSIDE THAT WAS
A DESTRESSOR GARMENT.
THUNDER SHIRT.
>> THAT'S.
THAT'S ANXIETY.
YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT IN THE
WINTERTIME, BUT NEW YEAR'S EVE,
THERE'S A LOT OF FIREWORKS AND
STUFF GOING ON, SO ANY TIME THAT
THE DOG IS FEELING ANXIOUS, AND
FOR SOME DOGS, IT MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
>> OK.
>> IT'S NOT FOR WARMTH.
IT'S FOR ANXIETY.
>> OK.
>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
HAVE HERE ARE REALLY GREAT,
BECAUSE DOGS GET TO KIND OF
COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER --
COMMUNE WITH EACH OTHER.
>> WE ARE BUSIER IN THE
WINTERTIME.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COME HOME
WHEN IT'S DARK AT NIGHT AND GO
TORE A WALK.
THEY CAN COME TO BOW WOW, GO
HOME EXHAUSTED AFTER PLAYING ALL
DAY.
IT'S A GREAT ALTERNATIVE FOR
PEOPLE AND THE DOGS LOVE IT.
>> THIS NEXT SEGMENT FEATURES
SOME DOGS THAT LOVE TO GET
OUTSIDE IN WINTER.
WE DIG INTO THE ARCHIVES AND GO
BACK TO 1993 FOR A DOG SHREDDING
LESSON IN SHAWNO COUNTY WITH
JOEL KRENKE AND JACKIE MILLER,
AND SOME ALASKAN HUSKIES THAT
ARE RARING TO GO FOR A WINTER
RUN.
>> WE'VE COME UP TO SHAWNO
AGAIN, IT'S A BRISK WINTER DAY
AND I'M OUT WITH JOEL KRENKE AND
JACKIE MILLER AND WE'RE GOING
TORE A DOG SLED RUN.
>> THIS IS MY NEW TOY, IT'S AN
IDITAROD STANDARD, THIS IS THE
SLED THAT RUNS A 1,000-MILE RACE
IF ALASKA, THE IDITAROD RACE.
IT HAS A NICE SLED BAG ON IT SO
I CAN TAKE PASSENGERS IN IT.
>> PASSENGER, FOR EXAMPLE, A
CAMERAMAN.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IT HAS A TOBOGGAN STYLE BASE,
SO IT DOES WELL IN HEAVY SNOW
CONDITIONS, IT'S TOUGH AND CAN
HAUL A LOT OF WEIGHT.
ALSO HAS A LOT OF STORAGE
CAPACITY, SO IT'S GREAT TO TAKE
THE FAMILY OUT FOR AN AFTERNOON
OR DO A WINTER CAMPING TRIP.
IT ALSO HAS A TOUGH BRUSH BOW,
REINFORCED, SO IT CAN BOUNCE OFF
TREES AND DO WHATEVER ELSE COMES
ALONG IN TOUGH CONDITIONS.
>> OK.
WHAT ABOUT THIS SLED, JOEL?
>> THIS IS A SPRINT STYLE SLED.
IT'S MADE IN MICHIGAN.
IT'S FAIRLY LIGHTWEIGHT,
FLEXIBLE, IT'S MADE WITH WHITE
ASH LUMBER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT FLEXES QUITE
A BIT.
IT'S AN ADVANTAGE IN CORNERING.
I CAN DESCRIBE TO YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF THE TECHNIQUE.
>> SURE.
>> RUNNING A SLED.
THIS IS A -- THE RUNNER, ON TOP
OF THE RUNNERS, THERE'S A
NONSTICK SURFACE, SOMETHING TO
KEEP YOUR FEET ON.
TYPICALLY, I PUT MY FEET A
LITTLE BIT TO THE SIDE, SO I
DON'T SLIDE OFF AS EASILY.
THIS IS A BRAKE AND IT HAS TWO
POINTS OF CONTACT.
LOCATED FAIRLY WIDELY APART.
SO AS YOU STEP DOWN ON THAT,
IT'S FAIRLY STABLE.
NOW IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO A
CORNER, YOU WOULD WANT TO KEEP
YOUR KNEES BENT AND ACTUALLY
BRING THE FRONT CORNER OF THE
SLED UP AND OFF THE GROUND, SO
YOU CAN ANTICIPATE SKIDDING INTO
THAT CORNER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE
INSIDE RUNNER.
THIS IS A SNOW HOOK, WHEN YOU'RE
ON THE BRAKE, THIS ACTS AS AN
ANCHOR.
KICK THAT INTO THE GROUND AND
THAT KEEPS THE SLED FROM
CHARGING FORWARD WHEN THE DOGS
DECIDE THAT IT'S TIME TO GO,
BEFORE YOU HAVE.
>> OK.
TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU TAKE OFF,
YOU WOULD HAVE A ROPE, OR A DEAD
MAN, WITH A PANIC SNAP ON, THAT
YOU WOULD LET GO, RIGHT AT THE
LAST MINUTE.
YOU WOULD BE ON THE BRAKE AT
THAT POINT.
LOOSE HANGING ON.
AND ANTICIPATING THE DOGS
INITIAL CHARGE.
>> OK.
REFRESH ME ON THE COMMANDS NOW.
>> THE STRAIGHT AHEAD COMMAND
AND THE STARTING COMMAND IS
HIKE.
AND YOU WANT TO DO THAT AS
EXCITED A TONE AS YOU CAN, AND
FIRE UP THE DOGS.
THE COMMAND TO TURN RIGHT IS G,
COMMAND TO TURN LIVE IS HAU.
>> I SHOULD WRITE THAT ON MY
GLOVES.
>> IT'S BEEN DONE.
>> THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER
IS THAT WHEN YOU FALL OFF, AND
ARE DRAGGING BEHIND YOUR DOGS,
THAT YOU NEED TO VERY CALMLY
WELL WHOA TO THEM.
-- YELL WHOA TO THEM, TO DAMPER
THAT ENTHUSIASM.
>> LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
>> OK.
ONE PRIME THING TO KEEP IN MIND,
IT'S RULE NUMBER ONE IN DOG
MUSH, HANG ON.
RULE NUMBER TWO IS DON'T LET GO,
BUT JACKIE CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
SHE'S DRAGGED A FEW TIMES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S HITCH UP A FEW DOGS
AND GO FOR IT.
>> JOEL, TELL ME ABOUT THE DOGS
THAT WE'RE USING.
>> THESE ARE ALASKAN HUSKIES,
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MIXED
BREEDS, PRIMARILY OUT OF THE
INDIAN VILLAGES IN ALASKA, AND I
ACQUIRED A LOT OF THEM FROM
MUSHERS AROUND THE STATE AND
MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA.
SOME OF THE DOGS CAME OUT OF
TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN NORTH
AMERICAN CHAMPIONS.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DISTANCE DOGS
HERE.
ACTUALLY, QUITE A VARIETY, TYPES
OF DOGS.
>> THIS IS A DOG HARNESS, IT'S A
SPRINT HARNESS, IT'S KNOWN AS A
FISH BACK FILE.
THE COLLAR IS HERE, IT'S A
PADDED COLLAR, YOU CAN SEE
THERE'S SOME REFLECTIVE TAPE,
SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED FOR THE
MID DISTANCE RACERS, IT'S A
REQUIREMENT IN RACES WHERE
THERE'S A LOT OF ROAD CROSSINGS,
BUT I LIKE IT FOR SAFETY'S SAKE.
WHEN HOOKING UP, THIS IS A
BREAST AREA, IF YOU GRAB HERE
AND HERE, YOU CAN SLIDE IT OVER
THE TOP OF THE DOG'S HEAD.
AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD DROP
THIS DOWN, REACH UP AND BRING
THE HEAD DOWN ON EACH SIDE.
IF YOU REACH ACROSS WITH YOUR
OFFSIDE ARM, ANY DOG JUMPING UP
WILL TEND TO VEER OFF THE BACK
SIDE OF YOUR ARM, RATHER THAN
JUMP UP IN YOUR FACE, SO IT'S A
LITTLE TRICK TO --
>> OK.
>> KEEP AN EXCITED DOG A LITTLE
BIT MORE ALIVE.
>> HAD ENOUGH?
HIKE, HIKE.
JOEL.
>> WHOA.
WHOA!
WHOA!
WHOA!
>> I GOT IT.
>> WHOA.
WHOA.
>> GOOD DOG.
>> HEY, I'M STANDING NOW.
>> COME ON.
GOOD DOG.
GOOD DOG.
>> OH, THAT WAS QUITE A RIDE SO
FAR, JOEL.
I THINK I WIPED OUT TWICE IN THE
FIRST QUARTER MILE, BUT I
FINALLY GOT THE HANG OF IT.
>> QUITE AN ENDEAVOR.
>> WELL, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE
POWER THAN I REALIZED.
I HAVE THEM HOOKED DOWN NOW, BUT
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'LL
STAY FOR VERY LONG.
>> NOW, WHERE ARE WE?
>> WE'RE UP AT THE TRAIL HEAD ON
OUR SKI TRAIL AND DOG SLED
TRAIL.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE WARMING HOUSE
OVER HERE.
MOST OF THE TRAILS BEGIN AT THIS
POINT.
WE'VE GOT A HILLY TERRAIN, SO
IT'S PRETTY HAIRY DOG SLEDDING
AS YOU FOUND OUT ON THE WAY
HERE.
>> WELL IT'S EXCITING SO FAR AND
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST
OF THE RUN.
LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
I GOALS THE DOGS ARE READY --
GUESS THE DOGS ARE READY TO GO.
HIKE!
>> JOEL, ARE THERE RACES HERE IN
SHAWNO.
>> YES, I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE
BROUGHT BACK THE WOLF RIVER RUN,
THE SLED DOG RACES, SO YOU CAN
LOOK FORWARD TO.
COMING TO SHAWNO EVERY MID
JANUARY FOR THE ANNUAL RACE.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD 86 TEAMS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING
ALASKA AND WINNIPEG, CANADA.
>> COME ON.
UP.
>> HIKE, HIKE.
>> GO ON.
HIKE, HIKE.
>> COME ON.
COME ON.
>> HIKE.
COME ON.
>> HIKE!
>> GOOD DOG.
GOOD DOG.
>> THERE.
THAT'S QUITE A RIDE.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> I THINK I'M ALREADY NOW.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?
>> WELL, WE'VE GOT SOME DOG
BISCUITS, TREATS FOR THE DOG, AN
FOR YOU.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> SURE.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO EAT WITH THE
DOG.
>> I'LL HAVE ONE AND ONE MORE
YOU.
THERE YOU GO.
A BISCUIT FOR YOU.
YOU MISSED THAT.
THERE YOU GOT IT.
GOT IT.
AMY, YOU TOO.
YOU WERE A GOOD DOG.
THAT WAS QUITE A RUN JOEL.
>> I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.
>> I DID.
>> WATCH YOUR FINGERS BY THE
WAY.
>> I THINK WE'LL DO SOME TOSSING
HERE RATHER THAN HANDING.
ONE MORE FOR YOU, HOW'S THAT.
>> ARE YOU READY TO HIT THE RACE
CIRCUIT?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M READY TO PLOW SNOW.
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