Should we use a canoe, or our kayaks to explore the Great Lakes?

21 February 2012

In less than 3 months the snow and ice will melt and the dog harnesses will be put away. Amy and I will switch from dogsledding to paddling and we need you to help us decide how we should travel. We will leave Grand Portage, Minnesota in early May to paddle through the Great Lakes and then through a series of smaller lakes and river to the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Maine. We have been...

Brainstorm questions for Dave and Amy.

05 February 2012

We appreciate all of the suggestions that we received from you last week. This week we have made a list of all of the things that we need to do for next week’s update. Amy and I are going to try to set aside time to work on the update through out the week. We hope that your suggestions for using our time wisely will help us complete the update on time. If we still have trouble finishing the...

How can we manage our time better? We are tired of staying up all night to finish our update!

29 January 2012

Amy and I were excited to read your comments, suggestions, and emails about the types of videos you would like us to make. It is clear that students want more videos and information about the dogs. We will do our best to make some fun, and educational videos about the dogs over the next few weeks.

We have had a very busy week. Unfortunately, we have not been able to try all of your Fennel...

What would you like us to make videos about?

23 January 2012

We need your help figuring out what sort of videos to shoot while we are dogsledding in Minnesota! Please let us know what you would like to learn about – and what sort of videos you would like to see. In the cold our camera battery doesn’t last very long, so we need to plan our video shoots in advance.

Thank you for all the creative ideas for last week's Dave's Dilemma. We will try all...

How can we get Fennel's autograph?

17 January 2012

I had two teachers on a dogsledding trip this week. They are the first people to ask for Fennel's paw print. I did not have the right materials, so the final result did not look very good. We tried using blueberry juice and coffee grounds to make a paw print, but it did not work very well.

We need your help to figure out how to make a good looking paw print that will last. What...

Can Fennel still pull a dogsled?

08 January 2012

Fennel is a sled dog through and through. Even though he is really old, he still likes to run and pull a dogsled. We are trying to figure out how to tell when he is too old to dogsled. He may be old, but he is in very good shape. What do you think we should do? Should we let him pull dogsleds this winter? He seems to enjoy running along even if he isn't hooked up to the dogsled. Should we let...