Doggy'Sport 85 Discover dog sledding initiations in La Ferrière

ACTIVITY 1: CANI HIKE

• Activity accessible from 6 years old.
• Activity open to 2-5 year olds in Baby Buggy (small bicycle trailer pulled by the dog and driven by a parent).
• Sporty walk, you will be equipped with a specific harness/belt and connected to the dog by an elastic line.
• Once equipped, it's time to share a moment of complicity and relaxation with the dog guided by voice, while enjoying the landscapes and the pleasures of the great outdoors.

You will first get to know the pack, learn how to harness your companion for the day and receive safety instructions to guide your dog on a hike. You will take advantage of this ride to learn more about sled dogs thanks to your guide. You will then return to the kennels where you can learn how to unharness your dog, reward it and care for it.

The trainer reserves the right to cancel a session depending on weather conditions and to protect his dogs.

ACTIVITY 2: CANI CROSS

• Activity open to ages 12 and up.
• When running, you will be equipped with a specific harness and connected to the dog by an elastic line.
• Once equipped, it's time to discover new sensations of running with the voice-guided dog, which naturally pulls you.

Requires good running shoes, jogging outfit, a backpack with water bottle.

ACTIVITY 3: CANI MOUNTAIN BIKE/SCOOTER

Activity accessible from 12 years old, you just have to like pedaling! This activity requires being comfortable driving a mountain bike/scooter.

Come and try your hand at riding a mountain bike equipped with powerful disc brakes with a dog harness, after having received the essential basic theoretical training concerning safety and supervision of the dog during the session (30 min).

• Once equipped (equipment provided: helmets, gloves, goggles), it's time to enjoy new sensations and share a moment of complicity with the dog while enjoying the pleasures of the great outdoors.

Requires good sports shoes, casual sportswear, a backpack with water bottle.

You will first get to know the pack, learn how to harness your companion of the day and receive safety instructions to guide your dog. You will take advantage of this ride to learn more about sled dogs thanks to your guide. You will then return to the kennels where you can learn how to unharness your dog, reward it and care for it.

ACTIVITY 4: BAPTISM OF TRANSPORT IN SLED DOG “CANI KART”

We offer 3 different options for kart (sled on wheels) baptisms pulled by 8 to 12 dogs, a real all-rounder equipped with 4 powerful disc brakes, shock absorbers, 2-3 seated passenger seats.

Cani Kart Discovery

• 50 min session
• 50€ Adult / 30€ Child 3-11 years old (must be accompanied by an adult)

Including explanations, presentation of the dogs, equipment, harnessing and, effortlessly, enjoy being taken for a ride by our sled dogs.

Cani Kart Immersion Musher

• 1h45 session
• 80€ Adult / 60€ Child

You will participate in the preparation of the dogs and the harness yourself, then you will let yourself be carried by our dogs. The whole discipline will be explained to you and you will then be able to unharness the dogs yourself.
A real educational discovery of the world of sled dogs.

Cani Kart Initiation Driving

• 2 hour session
• 120€ / Adult

Immerse yourself literally in the discovery of the world of mushing by learning how to drive a dog sled team.
Explanations, equipment, harnessing, initiation in dual driving with the musher, you will learn to drive our dogs during a magical moment! Then return and care of the dogs.

Activities from September to April approximately depending on the temperatures, departures at certain times for the well-being of the dogs. We reserve the right to reduce the service and/or cancel it if the health of our dogs is threatened.
(A maximum weight may be requested to respect the working conditions of our dogs).

ACTIVITY 5: COOL AFTERNOON WOW (CHILD/DOG)

Some Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., we welcome your children from 8 years old for discovery workshops around dogs!

On the program and according to ages:

• Come meet our sled dogs
• Getting to know them
• Know how to care for them
• Play with them
• Building a relationship of trust with your favorite dog
• Creative and manual workshop such as making toys for dogs
• Carry out Agility courses
• Learning to guide your dog by voice

Woofingly Cool Afternoon

• 2.5 hour session
• 35€ / Child (8-17 years)

NEXT DATES: contact us by phone to find out the next dates.

And of course, at each session, moments of caresses and photos to keep beautiful memories once you get home!

ACTIVITY 6: MEET THE PACK!

Come and meet our sled dogs, because without them our society and our sports would not exist, they are the main stars!
On this occasion, you will be able to come and observe our pack in their park of more than 8,000 m², visit the kennels and understand how they interact, live and maintain themselves.

Meeting the pack

• 45 min session
• Adult (+8 years) €5 per person
• Child (3-7 years) free

You will learn more about the world of sled dogs, their training, dog sports competitions; but above all you will be able to enjoy a moment of CALINOTHERAPY in their company and leave with pretty photos!

ACTIVITY 7: UNUSUAL WEEKEND IMMERSION IN A PACK!

Create your own immersion weekend in a pack of sled dogs!

You choose:

• On Saturday afternoon, 1 activity of your choice among Cani hiking, Cani cross, Cani VTT/ Scooter (-5% on the usual prices). You will then be welcomed by a "Husky bath" who will communicate their joy of life to you, you will learn to know them, to harness them and then be connected to them during your entire Nordic outing in the middle of the woods and green trails. On your return, you will learn how to care for the dogs, take care of them, feed them, put them to bed!
• In the evening, it's time to relax! Our guest room will be private for you (double bed, TV, shower room with massage jets, toilet, living room). The Saturday evening meal will be taken together (with a choice of typical mountain or Vendée - to be reserved in advance) as well as breakfast on Sunday morning.
• On Sunday morning, 1 activity of your choice among Cani VTT/ Scooter, Cani Kart (-5% on the usual prices). You will get up early to learn how to take the dogs out in a harness and you will literally dive into discovering the world of mushing! Explanations, equipment, harnessing, initiation in double driving with the musher or by letting yourself be carried, you will spend a magical and unusual moment, like a real musher!

Contact us for prices and availability once you have chosen your activities!

OTHERS: EVENTS / GROUPS / COMMUNITIES…

Activities available all year round by reservation by telephone.
Leisure centres, works councils, seminars, holiday camps, specialist centres, communities of communes, schools, community centres, parties and even weddings...

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