You can forgive a 3-year-old for getting a little overexcited experiencing snow for the first time.
Because that is exactly what happened to Diesel the three-year-old Siberian Husky cross at the Snow Farm near Wanaka yesterday.
Not that his owner and musher Alice Perry, of Dunedin, seemed to mind too much.
In a totally new environment, it was fair to say Diesel was not completely focused on finishing in the fastest time, she said.
"He seemed to struggle a little bit on the snow — too many new smells and too much snow to play with on the trails, but yeah, I’ve got him for the love of it rather than winning it."
"He’s kind of figuring out what all this white stuff is but he had a ball. He loves running. He just needs to learn how to pull on snow."
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