They’re meant for the famous annual Canadian Homing Dog competition (aka Cahodocom). A relatively new breed, the Canadian Homing Dog has a natural flair for locating its home, or even its owners, over thousands of miles.
Each year the best dogs compete in the Cahodocom. They’re blindfolded, sedated and transported in especially magnetically shielded and soundproofed cages to the other side of the country, and let to run home.
It hardly ever happens that a dog doesn’t make it, or even worse, disappears. Some die-hard trainers refuse to put gps-devices on their dogs, claiming it would spoil the sport, and even interfere with the dog’s natural instincts.
The record is still held by the three-legged Rusty, which was released in the Cahodocom of 1994. Its owners, Mary and Harold McDonald had to travel to the UK unexpectedly because of a deceased relative. To their utter amazement Rusty turned up on the doorstep of their hotel in South London after four weeks since the race started.
bryk Tuesday, 2 December, 2008 @ 05:34
mmm I presume these are giant beehives
ina Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 @ 23:47
Icefishing cabins?
Enna Thursday, 18 December, 2008 @ 05:59
They could be ready-made garages, to be used instead of those stupid plastic tents you posted a picture of a few winters ago. For people with small cars only.
But to be honest, I vote for Waa’s answer. Obviously an extremely well-researched reply.
mare Thursday, 18 December, 2008 @ 20:09
Okay, I’m going to spill the answer here.
**** SPOILER ALERT ****
I was fortunate enough to see this truck driving up the parking area. So after I took the picture I went to the driver, who just got out of his cabin, and asked him what his cargo really was.
They’re wood stoves. Big wood stoves that you can place outside your barn or house to heat it with wood without the risk of burning down the place because a fire in the chimney.
Monday, 1 December, 2008 @ 20:20
They’re meant for the famous annual Canadian Homing Dog competition (aka Cahodocom). A relatively new breed, the Canadian Homing Dog has a natural flair for locating its home, or even its owners, over thousands of miles.
Each year the best dogs compete in the Cahodocom. They’re blindfolded, sedated and transported in especially magnetically shielded and soundproofed cages to the other side of the country, and let to run home.
It hardly ever happens that a dog doesn’t make it, or even worse, disappears. Some die-hard trainers refuse to put gps-devices on their dogs, claiming it would spoil the sport, and even interfere with the dog’s natural instincts.
The record is still held by the three-legged Rusty, which was released in the Cahodocom of 1994. Its owners, Mary and Harold McDonald had to travel to the UK unexpectedly because of a deceased relative. To their utter amazement Rusty turned up on the doorstep of their hotel in South London after four weeks since the race started.
Tuesday, 2 December, 2008 @ 05:34
mmm I presume these are giant beehives
Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 @ 23:47
Icefishing cabins?
Thursday, 18 December, 2008 @ 05:59
They could be ready-made garages, to be used instead of those stupid plastic tents you posted a picture of a few winters ago. For people with small cars only.
But to be honest, I vote for Waa’s answer. Obviously an extremely well-researched reply.
Thursday, 18 December, 2008 @ 20:09
Okay, I’m going to spill the answer here.
**** SPOILER ALERT ****
I was fortunate enough to see this truck driving up the parking area. So after I took the picture I went to the driver, who just got out of his cabin, and asked him what his cargo really was.
They’re wood stoves. Big wood stoves that you can place outside your barn or house to heat it with wood without the risk of burning down the place because a fire in the chimney.
Here’s a web site that sells them, although it’s a different brand.
Friday, 19 December, 2008 @ 03:45
And here I am, worrying whether the small wood stove we intend to buy is bad for the environment…