Dog Sledding in Algonquin Park

Dog Sledding in Algonquin Park- By: MEI-YIN TEO

Rating- ****

MEI-YIN TEO's article found in the Toronto Sun, is written about dog sledding in Algonquin park.

 He describes the experience he encountered as well as providing much information about the Call's of the Wild's muti-adventure course he took, the skills he learned about controlling the huskies, and his own personal experience. Mei-Yin summarizes some of the interesting components of dog sledding and described how thrilling the experience was. I could almost imagine and see a picture in my mind of what the experience must have been like according to Mei-Yin's explanation. In his writing he also describes Algonquins landscape and set-up which seems amazing!

This article affected me in such a way to want to try dog sledding some day! Although the experience seems thrilling and enjoyable, I think I would have trouble telling the dogs what to do, the same way he did. I am a huge dogger and I feel like I would feel very guilty making them pull me around. I wouldnt want to hurt the poor animals! Just by the time I had read the fourth paragraph of this article I already gained knowledge about the activity. I learned that "ha" means to turn left, "gee" means to turn right, "easy" means to slow down and "whoa" means stop. Who would have known you have to learn a new language in order to speak to dogs! In order to work with the dogs I think you need to maintain a calm behaviour in order to keep things in check. This made me want to change my behaviour since I can easily get stressed out and overwhelmed by things that are really just thrilling. Overall, I think dog sledding would be an amazing experience and I would love to visit Algonquin Park sometime and check it out!

Citation:
"Toronto Sun Article: Dog Sledding in Algonquin Park." Toronto Sun Article: Dog Sledding in Algonquin Park. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Jan. 2014. <http://www.call-wild.com/Sundogsled.html>.