Francis Perreault is training his sled dogs for the rigors of a winter adventure in the Chilcotin Mountains. - Lillooet, BC, Canada 
Call of the wild lures adventurer
It’s one of the more unusual sights on Lillooet streets this fall – a dozen dogs hitched to an old $100 motorless quad with one man riding on the quad.
The unusual sight represents an unusual dream – Francis Perreault intends to follow his own “Call of the Wild” and take his 12-dog team on a sledding expedition into the Chilcotin Mountains this winter.
He has a sled ready for his winter adventure and uses the quad for dry land training.
Perreault says all of his dogs are “rescue mutts” he’s picked up along the way over the past two years. Some he got as puppies two years ago; they accompanied him on hiking trips through Mexico and the United States.
When he was returning to Canada last winter he decided he wanted to go on a dog sledding adventure. His plans did not include a famous race such as the Iditarod or the Yukon Quest, but he did want to test himself and a team of dogs against the challenges of cold winter weather and a snowy trail.
“I started visiting shelters,” he told the News. “I didn’t want to start fresh with puppies because it would take too long, probably a couple of years. So I chanced it with some adult dogs who had come from other places. So far, so good.”
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