MUSH!

The simple way of stating it is - Bear needs a job!  He seems to get bored easily, has a lot of energy, wants to please, and is very strong.  Obviously we have a lot of work around her that can be done.  Sometimes when I am cooking, his job is to catch anything left on the floor. He does that job very good.  Other times after meals when the table needs to be cleaned off - another job he is doing good at!  But all of these are indoor and they are not the masculine jobs that he really needs to do.  So Rod has decided that to earn his keep around here, he is going to learn to help haul wood.

The first step was to buy a quality harness for him.  Rod ordered one off the internet that is working good.  Next he had to build some type of sled. This first version is just a piece of wood with some plastic on the front to help it glide on the ground and some hooks for the rope.

Next, Rod needed to show Bear how it was done. 

And now it is Bear's turn.  He was not real sure about this.  He kept turning around and looking at the sled.  We worked with him for about 10 - 15 minutes and then the next day Rod worked with him with a small load.  Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of him with the wood on there.  By the 2nd day he was pulling it much better.