Fan Club Draw #2 – Halloween

Thank you so much for loving our dogs as much as you do! We are so excited and happy to be able to say that every single one of our dogs now has at least one fan. We really appreciate you all for showing your support! Congratulations to Kathy Schreck … Read More

Happy Halloween

Happy All Hallows’ Eve from the puppies of SP Kennel! No puppies or bats were harmed in the making of this photograph. Original photo by Jeanne Schnackenberg, photoshop by Jack Hintz.

University Leadership Luncheon

This past week, Aliy was invited by the L.I.V.E. program to talk with students on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The mission of the program is to “cultivate effective leaders for Alaska by creating and supporting a rich variety of student leadership development opportunities, partnering with academic … Read More

Mac in for Surgery

Mac is a superstar here at SP Kennel. He is a 5 year old main player and was on the Yukon Quest 2014 Championship team as well as the 2013 and 2014 Iditarod Red Teams. He is a fantastic dog with a super personality. Mac is our biggest dog – … Read More

Puppy Outtakes

Trying to get 3 1/2 month old puppies to “cooperate” for a photo shoot is ridiculous. But of course… we tried it anyway. The portraits are now up on the Puppies Page so check them out! Jeanne did manage to get a few very good shots of the energetic mongrels … Read More

Flashback Friday: Fall Training

As we are in the thick of fall training right now, and as a follow up to Aliy’s post last week, here is a post from “Kennel Mom” Mickey on October 10, 2007, explaining more about early season training. _____________ The sleet is falling and the dogs are howling. For … Read More

SP Kennel New Crew Member

New SP Kennel Crew member, Spencer, is our “kennel manager” this season. Spence first got involved with sled dogs when he was 18 and living in Central Oregon. After working with a few different mushers, he decided to make a goal of learning as much as possible about driving and … Read More

The New Portraits are Posted!

For those of you waiting, the new dog portraits are posted on the Dog Page. So check them out! A HUGE thank you to Jeanne and her camera magic! And of course ~ as we all know ~ SP Kennel wouldn’t be the same without Moira’s website magic! Personally, these … Read More

Portrait Sneak Peek!

The dog portraits are complete and we are in the process of updating the Dog and Puppy pages with their new glam shots. This will take a few days so watch this space. In the meantime we thought you would enjoy a sneak peek at some of them. Jeanne (right, … Read More

Dog Fan Club Draw #1 – Alaska Day

Happy Alaska Day everyone! And thank you to everyone who joined the Dog Fan Club in the last two weeks. We really appreciate your love and enthusiasm for our dogs! Alaska Day is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States … Read More

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