You will notice that some of the faces on the “SP Kennel Dogs” are missing. This is true. So the questions is: “When do you retire a dog from SP K Racing?” That’s often difficult to answer because, you guessed it: everyone is different. The long answer to this question … Read More
A local dog musher contacted us last week about a special boy who was coming to Alaska. We learned that Ben was going through some hardships in life and most of all he wanted to see the Northern Lights and mush sled dogs. Of course, we thought “Who doesn’t?” We … Read More
As part of the “Meet the Dogs” series back in January 2009, this video spotlights Dingle who was entering his first season as a “proper” racing dog. Since then he has gone on to compete in six Iditarods, three Copper Basic 300s, one Yukon Quest 1000 and two YQ300s. He’s … Read More
The youngest dogs in training have just turned one year old: Cayenne and Champ. They have coloration and body structure similar to their Mother, Nutmeg. But their spunk and ‘get up and go’ is from their Father, Nacho. These two yearlings are about 2 months younger than the Fire Litter. … Read More
We had a warm day at the kennel earlier in the week, so we did not train the dogs in harness. Instead we put a few dogs on the treadmill – actually the entire 2 year old Golf Litter: Driver, Chipper, Wedgy, Woody, Sandy and Iron. None of these dogs … Read More
The SP Kennel Dog Log has been in existence since February 2007 and it is very close to reaching the “2000 posts” milestone. Since that time we have posted hundreds of videos, photos and stories and we’d like to revisit some of them and share them with you regularly throughout … Read More
Chica and Clyde’s puppies are running, romping and loving life. They live in a raised wooden pen that can be washed and scrubbed throughly. The pen has two houses and many puppy toys. Olivia resides next to this pen and she is the perfect auntie (‘half’ auntie genetically.) The pups … Read More
We have had a consistent schedule for the dogs since the start of training. The veterans are excited to be out tromping through the puddles. The youngsters are eager – sometimes a little too much so! Here is a video of our last of five training teams for the morning. … Read More
Here is a peek into the life of yet another retired SP Kennel racing dog. Tony was born over 12 years ago in the spring of 2002. He was one of a litter of 5 boys, also including Maurice, Hoss, Leroy and Oddball. He followed quickly in the footsteps of his parents, AJ … Read More
Coldspot in Fairbanks asked Aliy if she’d drop by during this weekend’s “Pet Appreciation Celebration”. Saturday from 11pm to 3pm, Aliy, Mickey (Kennel Mom), Beemer and Viper were special guests at the Coldspot celebration. All four of them talked about dogs, to dogs and with dogs. (See a theme here?) … Read More
