This creek has never been as high as it is this year. Someone has damed it up so it's just about over the dogs' heads. The dogs have gone through it great for a few days, but yesterday finally balked since it is so deep. Yesterday, my neighbor, and fellow musher, Mike Suman, undamed the thing. Worked great. Today the creek was 6-8 inches lower than it had been. I parked the dogs with just the leaders' noses in the water. After a bit, I called them up and the dove through to the other side. I really don't want to train these guys to stop once they hit water, so it was nice to be able to drive them all the way across the creek. They seemed to really enjoy it as it was a fairly warm day and I ran them hard, with no breaks till they got to the creek so they'd look forward to it.
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