{"id":568,"date":"2019-07-19T19:33:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T17:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/?p=568"},"modified":"2020-09-20T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T13:33:52","slug":"dryland-sledding-with-the-hogsback-huskies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/dryland-sledding-with-the-hogsback-huskies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryland sledding with the Hogsback Huskies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gerald will be sledding his Huskies on the main road, on Saturday 28th July at 9am. The Huskie run will start at Jikani, take a loop around the village green and back to Jikani. The road will be closed for the duration of the Huskie run, so make sure that you have a good viewing point somewhere along the road between Jikani and the Village green <strong>before 9am<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/huskie1-2-1024x851.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"573\" data-link=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/?attachment_id=573#main\" class=\"wp-image-573\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/huskie2-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"574\" data-link=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/?attachment_id=574#main\" class=\"wp-image-574\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/huskie3-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"575\" data-link=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/?attachment_id=575#main\" class=\"wp-image-575\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also be able to try sledding for yourself later on at Gerald property, Dogwood Lodge, a boutique hotel for dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22046851_1966966193561042_6685494825739336258_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We have asked Gerald to share his story about how he came to be a huskie fan. This is his story&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nIt started many years ago when I rescued a stray Husky in Walkerville where I previously stayed. Like most people I knew very little of the breed. I soon found out that they are high energy, extremely intelligent dogs. In the beginning I couldn&#8217;t find much apart from the fact that the most common husky in South Africa is the Siberian Husky, which is also the smallest of the husky breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We visited Hogsback early in 2016 and I fell in love with the area and village, and decided to make the move. A chance remark by my sister that this would be a good area for huskies led me to renew my search for ways to harness their amazing energy. This led to me joining Sled Dogs in Johannesburg in 2016. Here I was introduced to a popular pastime called &#8220;sledding&#8221; in SA. (Correct term is bikejoering). This involves riding a mountain bike while harnessed to 1 or 2 huskies, who run in front. I also adopted 2 huskies in the same year from Midrand (Ice) and Benoni(Shiloh) SPCA. The following year Rusty joined my pack from Husky Rescue. At the same time I was able to purchase my property in Hogsback, so the idea was becoming real. This was when I first came up with the name Hogsback Huskies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2018 I added Daemon to the pack, adopted from friends of my sister in East London. I currently have 5 huskies, but only the 4 males actively walk\/run. The fifth is my oldest Husky, a little female I also found as a stray, and was never claimed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My goal is to build up to a full husky team of 12 to 14 dogs. They will be trained to pull a wheeled cart, which I was recently given by a friend at Sled Dogs.&nbsp;<br>\u200b<br>I was not able to spend the time required to learn how to run the cart for this year, so please visit next year when we will have it running with a small team. For this year, I hope you enjoy watching 2 of my pack running with the bike. They absolutely love it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also opened a guesthouse for dogs to come and unwind in Hogsback. If you feel your dogs need some caring R&amp;R in a paradise location, book them into<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dogwoodlodge1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Dogwood lodge<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bGerald Goosen&nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald will be sledding his Huskies on the main road, on Saturday 28th July at 9am. 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