Do you love dogs, and would you like to learn more about mindfulness, animal welfare and at the same time be driving your own dog sleigh team in a unique environment?

Then this is the tour for you!

On this premium tour you will learn how we train the dogs with help of mindfulness and our full presence. During the time on the sleigh you will work as a team with your dogs and the longer you run the more confident you will get. You will also learn how to give your dogs a well-deserved massage after the tour. We will give you insights on how a present mind helps us and the dogs in our daily lives and how you can build a relationship with your own animal. You will get examples of how we work with the dogs from young puppies to old dog.

We start the day with our unique dog sleigh tour. After a proper driving instruction, in which we also teach you how to best interact with our dogs, we head out over the frozen swamps and river and through mountain forest. Two people in a team take turns in driving and sitting on the sleigh. We find ourselves in the fantastic environment with Sweden’s tallest mountain - Kebnekaise in the background. The tour is long and every driver gets to drive about 45 minutes each.

Mindfulness
We gather in our special mindfulness tipi and you will learn about animal welfare and mindfulness benefits. How do we use it and why do we use it? How will it be possible for you to use it with your own animals? In different ways we will show you the changes in a dog. You will learn the basics in how to build a relationship with your dog with the help of your own presence and calmness.
Ylva Forssén has over 20 years of dog experience, mainly in bird hunting and sleigh dogs. She is well educated in many disciplines and a dog psychologist. She has a Crossfields Institute level 3 diploma in mindfulness for people with their animals: Trust Technique Practitioner. Using mindfulness in daily training she creates a stress-free environment at the kennel. It can also help you who have problems with your dog to build a new relationship and trouble-free everyday life.

Transfer
We ick you up in Kiruna and get you dressed with proper arctic clothing. In 40 minutes we drive from Kiruna to our kennel. We drive along the beautiful Kalix river, which is one of the largest river systems in Europe that has not been exploited for hydroelectric purposes. On clear days we can even see the beautiful mountain range hosting Sweden’s tallest mountain, Kebnekaise. The chances to see moose are high as we pass through the moose’s winter grazing land.