i thought i would pass it along to this forum as well for anyone in the boston/massachusetts/new england area that there is a group on meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/BOSTONSNOWDOGS/) that i belong to called the boston snow dogs. we have regular meetups all over the new england area mostly focusing in massachusetts where we let our dogs play and also take them urban mushing. so if anyone is from the area i recommend checking us out!