Design Crafters

If you’ve never had a chance to go dog sledding, then I suggest making it a point to make that a Christmas adventure at some point down the road.

I had the wonderful opportunity to go dog sledding a couple times as a teenager. I am here to tell you, it is incredibly fun and not everyone can say they’ve done it. If your teenagers are bored of the “same ol’”, I highly recommend it. Even little kids will get a kick out of it.

I can see it now…The teacher asks “so what did you do over the Christmas break Joey?”. “Oh I just went dog sledding”. That’s not one you hear every day.

I was surprised to find out there are actually many places in snowy areas that offer sled dog experiences. I found companies in both mountain and prairie states. I simply did a search on the subject and put the area I lived and found at least five companies/families that offered that. Some of them even offered the opportunity for kids and teenagers to physically help get the team ready.  

In my search I saw one picture that I thought would be perfect for photo Christmas cards. It was of a real looking Santa holding onto the back of the sled. He had a real beard and wore an authentic looking Santa suite made of real wool and fur apparently. The sled itself was carrying the big red Santa sack and the team of dogs even wore fake antlers.  I’m sure you can get just as creative.