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That's not something you see everyday at a boatyard!
LOL I'll pay somebody to hook my huskies up to an office chair and go for a ride, as long as I can video it!
Don't need the tennis ball on a stick, just let them go with the harnesses on.
its been done... just use Gee and Haw. Its like port and starboard, only its a command to go a direction not a side of the boat. Huskies were the original sled dogs... They are programmed to follow the pack leader... Sadly it is a rare event indeed when a Husky accepts a human a pack leader.. They have (on occasion) accepted a rawhide as their leader though. That being the case the stick and a rawhide might work to "Steer."
That's great stuff right there. Reminds me of my childhood golden retriever. She would relentlessly chase and retrieve a tennis ball. We would first see how far we could throw it, across to neighbors yards, behind tree lines, whatever. She successfully and easily found it each time and begged for more. You would get a spit slobbered ball pressed up against your leg. We would get tired of throwing it, so we took out a baseball bat and swatted it as far into the woods as we could manage. So deep, no human would ever recover it. It was also slightly downhill, so more distance was gained, not to mention having no way to see what it ping-ponged off on descent. She would rocket into the woods, out of sight. Sometimes it would take as much as 30 mins, but she would trot back with the ball in her mouth every single time.
I've had dogs who were that enthusiastic about such crazy activities. For that dog, doing that activity with the kids running along behind screaming, was his treat. Dogs are a lot like sailors: will work for grins and giggles (or beer and rum).
When I saw the post title I thought that it was going to be an organized race. It sort of made me think of Finish Wife Carrying competition where husbands carry their wives through an obstacle course, the winner earning his wife's weight in beer.
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