Petter Karlsson Sleddogs News

Tvådagars tur, Two day tour

2012-02-10T04:28:00.001+01:00

Vi var ute på en fantastisk tvådagars tur! När vi gav oss iväg hemifrån så visade termometern -39, men solen sken och vi fick se en otrolig "regnbåge" som reflekterade sig i snökristallerna.

We were out for a fantastic two day tour. When we left the kennel in Slussfors the themomiter was down on -39 C, but the sun was shining and we saw an amazing "rainbow", the snow was reflecting in the snowcristals.

Väl framme i Magasjöstugan visade termometern -24.
When we reached the cabin at Magasjön the tempreture was -24 C.

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T20:32:00.003+01:00

Vill önska alla Gott Nytt År och hoppas 2012 blir ett lika roligt år.

We want to wish everyone Happy new year.

The first tour

2011-12-26T09:48:00.001+01:00

Var ute på vår första dagstur idag, men mest för att våra handlers skulle öva. Blev en mysig liten tur med växlande väder och turisterna, en hanlders föräldrar och syskon, uppskattade det stort.

Today we went out on our first daytour, but moslyt so that our handlers could practice. The tour become very cheerful with changing weather and the tourist, one handlers parents and sisters, thought it was a lovely tour.

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T20:22:00.001+01:00

Santa Claus

Vill hälsa alla en God Jul

Want to wish everyone a Merry Chistmas

Petter training 18 dogs

2011-12-02T19:51:00.004+01:00

Petter tränade med 18 hundar efter en skoter för att sedan byta till släde som han hade efter sig.
Petter went out with 18 dogs for training, he took the scooter the first kilometer the he change to the sled.

Ladys puppies

2011-11-28T19:36:00.000+01:00

Ladys fem små nya valpar som föddes den 2 november och är nu 4 veckor.
Ladys five new puppies as born then 2 november and now they are 4 weeks.

Snow and training

2011-10-22T12:31:00.001+02:00

Har kommit lite snö här, men det mesta har tinat bort redan.

We got some snow, but now most of it has thawed away.

Träning med valparna Moa och Isa i snön, detta är Slim och Elim.

Training whit the puppies Moa and Isa in the snow, this is Slim and Elim.

Pirka

Hela spannet, längst bak är Isa och Moa.
All the dogs in the team, in the back we have Isa and Moa.

New Puppies

2011-10-13T13:23:00.001+02:00

Har fått två nya valpar i vår lilla samling. Ett par mycket trevliga och livliga valpar som gillar att springa fritt ute i hundgården.

We have got new puppies in our little bunch. They are very nice and have alot of energy, they love to run in the kennel where the dogs live.

Max

Nikolina

Max och Nikolina leker
Max and Nikolina playing

Slädhundsseminareiet i Kiruna

2011-10-08T19:03:00.001+02:00

Vi var på Slädhundsseminariet i Kiruna.
Vi hade en Robur monter och hade även Bozita Tetra recart med oss.

Petter och Johan Väisinen

Oskar Andersson

Jesper and the puppies

2011-09-27T19:56:00.001+02:00

Jesper i sin nya mössa som han fått av Moa.
Jesper in his new hat that he got from Moa.

Jesper och Isabella är ute och går med en av Ellis valpar.
Jesper and Isabella out walking with one of Ellis puppies.

Valpar

2011-08-05T11:15:00.002+02:00

Donna och Balders valpar. De är 3½ månad och heter Isa och Moa.
Donna and Balders puppies. They are now 3½ months old and we named them Isa and Moa.

Här är de senaste tillskottet. 9 små valpar som har Elli och Balder som föräldrar.
Here are 9 newborn puppies. Elli and Balder are the parents.

Skördetider / Harvest time

2011-07-09T10:22:00.004+02:00

Petter och Jesper, de två arbetarna som kör traktor.
Petter and Jesper, the two workers driving the tractor.

Gott och energirikt foder till korna!
Tasty gras, full of energy, the cows will love it!

Här slår de gräset med slåtterkrossen.
Cutting the gras.

Precis rätt tid att skörda, Timotej.
The right time to harvest.

Balmaskinen både rullar balarna och plastar in dem.
Gathering the gras and making bales and then wraping them with plastic.

Ensilagebalar som vi kommer utfodra i vinter till korna, staplade hemma på gården.
The bales with food for the cows the comeing winter is now stacked up at home.

Storstädning i hundgården

2011-05-31T13:35:00.001+02:00

Jesper leker med Donna och Balders valpar.

Nu ska här damsugas!

Petter och Jesper damsuger.....

Sedan tog vi fram högtryckstvätten!

Undertiden så fick hundarna ligga i kohagen och titta på.

Half day tour

2011-04-15T22:22:00.003+02:00

Jesper petting the dogs

Jesper giving the dogs some snacks

Coffe break

Jesper and Petter

Jesper sitting in Petters sled

We stoped to have a thinbread roll and a cup of hot chokolate.

Finish at Åre

2011-03-31T13:37:00.007+02:00

Petter had a 25 minuets lead out from Ånn. But 15 km before the finishline, Petter could not find the trail. While he was out on the wrong trail and serching for the right trail he lost his 25 minuet lead and Juho Ylipiessa passed him and was 6 minuets before him to the finish line in Åre. Petter is happy about the Gold medal in the Swedish Championship, but he would of liked to have both titels.

Petter at the finish line in Åre.

Winner of Amundsen Race 2011 is Juho Ylipiessa (in the middel ), 2:nd Petter Karlsson (left) and 3:rd Michael Jeckel (right).

Winner of the Swedish Championship in Longdistans is Petter Karlsson (middel), Silver medel, Michael Jeckel (left) and Bronz to Claes Arvidsson (right).

Checkpoint Ljungdalen

2011-03-31T13:20:00.004+02:00

Petter

Petter was the fist team in and out from Ljungdalen. They rested there for 8 hours.

The start of Amundsen Race 2011

2011-03-31T13:02:00.004+02:00

Petter is hooking up Phoenix and Elli in the team.
Mass start on the ice on Storsjön, Östersund.
Off they go!

Amundsen Race 2011

2011-03-24T12:42:00.005+01:00

Vi är nu i Östersund för att köra Amundsen Race, som är SM i långdistans.

Starten har blivit framflyttad till imorgon, fredag kl 10:00 pga väderförhållandena.
Ni kan följa tävlingen live på http://www.amundsenrace.com/ man kan följa alla förare via GPS tracking.
Petter har startnummer 16.

I Spannet har vi följande hundar
Elli, Nettan, Mia, Balder, Inka, Dunder, Kokos, Phoenix, Diesel, Demon, Rex, Roy och Storm.

We are now in Östersund and will run the Amundsen Race, Swedish Championship in longdistance.

The start has been moved untill tomorrow, friday at 10:00am becouse of the weather conditions. You can flow the race live on www.amundsenrace.com were you also can find GPS tracking. Petter has bib number 16.

In the team we have following dogs
Elli, Nettan, Mia, Balder, Inka, Dunder, Kokos, Phoenix, Diesel, Demon, Rex, Roy and Storm.

Wilderness Expedition

2011-02-28T20:02:00.002+01:00

Handler wanted for the coming season

2011-02-28T19:35:00.003+01:00

For the comming season, May 2011 untill May 2012 we are looking for two handlers. So if you are a motivated person and interested in the work with sleddogs please contact us by phone or e-mail for more information.

Wilderness Expedition

2011-02-28T19:32:00.003+01:00

Wilderness Expedition

2011-02-28T19:31:00.000+01:00

Petter was out on a 7-day tour with 3 guests.
The weather was great and the scenery fantastic!

WC Award ceremony

2011-02-11T22:06:00.000+01:00

Petter finished as number 20 as the best Swedish musher.

Angela at the banquette.

WC Tolga

2011-02-11T22:03:00.000+01:00

Waiting for Petter to come to Tolga

Petter takes a break to eat some food.

WC Grimsbu

2011-02-11T22:00:00.000+01:00

Petter and Johan are checking the weather forcast. There will be very strong winds and Petter wants to head out before the storm comes.

Feeding the dogs

Pedro and Roy

WC Sövollen

2011-02-11T21:53:00.001+01:00

Johan pulling the things to the depo.

A whole school had a day out to watch the World Championship, they were cheering along the trail.

Petters team on Sövollen

A vet check
Petters team out from Sövollen heading to Tynset

WC Drevsjö

2011-02-11T21:48:00.000+01:00

Checkpoint Drevsjö

Petter taking care of Tira and Phoenix

World Championship

2011-02-11T21:36:00.001+01:00

Feeding around the truck

All the 71 participants in F600

The handler crew. Johan Karlsson handling for Petter, Malin Strid handling for Lars, Mikael handler for Heike Kontermann and Denny Rossow handling for Lars.

Angela prepairing food for Petter on Tufsingdalen.

Start in Röros

2011-02-03T14:25:00.002+01:00

Now the teams have started out from Röros, heading towards Tufsingdalen. Petter has bib number 31 and Lars has bib number 6. Lars was selected to be one out of 40 mushers that have a GPS in their sleds, and you can follow him on the GPS tracking on www.femundlopet.no

Our Sponsors

2011-02-01T01:17:00.003+01:00

We are very thankful for the great support that we have from our Sponsors!

Our dogs are powerd by ROBUR Performance, a superior dryfood with a taste of Sweden.
Storuman Energi supplys us and our dogs with Energi. And Norrlands Snötroll who makes high quality sleddog equipment.

We are now prepairing for the World Championship.

World Championship in Longdistance

2011-02-01T01:04:00.003+01:00

Tomorrow morning we are heading to Röros where the World Championship will take place.
Petter and Lars Hoffmann will run the F600 together with 92 other competitors.

The following dogs will run in Petters team.
Elli, Mia, Inka, Dunder, Nettan, Balder, Roy, Kokos, Phoenix, Tira, Maran, Demon, Pedro

Lars will runthe B-teamwith the following dogs:
Storm, Blue, Prima, Madonna, Bella, Billy, Rex, Elton, Miele, Durak, Bambi, Bezi.

You can follow the race on www.femundlopet.no

Out on the trail

2011-01-23T15:32:00.001+01:00

Petter whent over the fjäll to Ammarnäs. They rested there for a couple of hours and then headed back home again.

In ten days the start of Femundlöpet will take place! It is the World Championship in longdistance. The are more than 80 mushers on the starting list in the F600km class and 145 mushers that plan to run the F400 km.

Merry Chirstmas

2011-01-01T16:19:00.000+01:00

We would like to wish you a Mery Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We are very thankful for all the support we get from our familys, friends and sponsors.
Now a new year has begun and we are looking forward to the coming races.

Sleddog tour for the kids

2010-12-02T18:10:00.005+01:00

Fahter Christmas has already paid Slussfors a visit! He came riding on the sled pulled by our Alaskan Huskies to give the children in the village a treat.
The kids were also given a sleddog ride by Petter and Torsten.

Training goes on...

2010-11-19T19:17:00.001+01:00

Checkpoint Slussfors

2010-11-16T17:06:00.002+01:00

Today we did a two times 40 km training run with a two hours stop in between at our own "checkpoint" here in Slussfors.
The leaddogs Storm and Mia are waiting for their food.

More snow

2010-11-11T18:19:00.001+01:00

Yesterday and today it has been snowing a lot. We have 30-40 cm of snow now. Malin is prepairing the B-team for a training run. Elvis and Tyri will run in lead.

Training with the sled

2010-11-08T21:22:00.001+01:00

Since the 5th of November we have been training with the sled. Today we had perfect weather, -18 C and sunshine.
The team is in good shape and they enjoyed the 46km run.

2010-11-04T17:45:00.004+01:00

Malin Strid is working as our handler this sesason.
At the moment we have 35 dogs in training.
Petter trains the A-team and Malin the B-team.
Malin worked for us in 2007-2008.
She is a great girl, hard working with a great interest for dogs and beeing outdoors.

8 Puppies

2010-10-16T18:17:00.004+02:00

We have eight puppies after Elim and Trillobitten.
Two males and six females. They are really cute and friendly.

2nd HANDLER WANTED!

2010-07-18T14:59:00.004+02:00

For the comming season we are looking for a second handler. So if you are a motivated person and interested in the work with sleddogs for several weeks please contact us by phone or e-mail for more information.

NEWS FROM THE NORTH: We have a new website!

2010-06-26T12:04:00.003+02:00

Welcome this is the first version of our new site, hope you like it all. In the fall we will launch the complete site with more information and features.

Have a nice day,

Petter, Angela & Jesper.

Dogs for Sale

2010-06-26T11:42:00.000+02:00

Nope, no dogs for sale at the moment. If you would like to have one of our future-puppies, just give us a call: Tel: 0951- 501 05