We also visited the Kamisak husky farm near Ivalo. These are Siberian Huskies and the farm was near Rovaniementie. We toured the whole operation. They have 88 dogs. They also have horses at another facility. It was a quiet day here because as we learned again, their busiest season is winter time. I am still amazed by this. Here, their winters are a long seven months, much of it in near darkness. But people come up here to see the Northern Lights and since they are here, they do dog sled rides and reindeer sled rides, ice fishing and skiing, etc.

You can see the head trainer of this facility in the first photo harnessing up one of the huskies. It seemed clear that the dog was very used to the routine and knew what to do and when to do it.

One dog is on his house in the second photo. Each dog has its own house. You might also notice that these huskies are not that big but evidently, they are very tough and durable dogs.

Their crew demonstrated dog sledding, minus the dogs in harness, in the third photo. People can rent a dog sled for one hour, two hours, four hours, a day or three days. There are usually six to eight dogs on each sled but we were told that it was variable, depending on the length of time of the ride, the weather conditions, the ground conditions, etc. It sounded easy enough with just a few things you really needed to keep in your focus.

Since it gets cool up here, they have different sizes of rooms to take a break. Each has a fire in the center of it. Our unit was quite cozy and comfortable inside. The unit in the fourth photo was one of the smallest rooms.

After serving us blueberry juice, snacks, and tea, they brought in some six week-old puppies for us to hold. I wasn’t sure if Vicky was going to give hers back.