Checking in from Glennallen. This afternoon we dropped all our drop bags to the enthusiastic volunteers ready for them to be taken to the checkpoints to await the mushers. Our mushers had to check in at Head Quarters and turn in their veterinary paperwork including copies of rabies certificates and … Read More
On the way down to Glennallen I made a double random draw for our Copper Basin 300 themed Dog Fan Club Draw. Congratulations to Kathy Ferrell who is a fan of VIOLET and Ingabritt who is a fan of SISSY Violet and Sissy Violet looks great and is sassy as … Read More
Howdy! Macgellan here… It’s that time of year again. The SPK teams are on the road to Glennallen for the start of the Copper Basin 300, and I’ve been asked to offer you some guidance about how to analyze the race this weekend. Deja vu all over again! For those … Read More
Want to know how you can follow along with the Copper Basin 300 this weekend? Firstly, I must let you know that our coverage will be unashamedly SP Kennel focussed! We will have the team on the ground taking pictures and video and updating from checkpoints WHERE POSSIBLE. We are … Read More
Are you ready? The dogs sure are and we all will be once we have the last few things ticked off our to-do lists. The Copper Basin 300 is one of our kennel’s favourite races. Not just because we have had much success at the race but also because it … Read More
Let’s not forget about our ‘mature’ dogs. We have a few dogs here at SP Kennel who are not doing the hard core training for the Copper Basin 300 ~ starting in only 6 days! The rosters for the CB300 will be released this week but here’s a ‘heads up’: … Read More
SP Kennel sponsor, Bob Huston, is a community service ‘kinda guy’. When he heard that Aliy and Allen were in Anchorage in December for other sponsor obligations he jumped on the chance to do several motivational grade school presentations. The timing was perfect because the kids had a TREMENDOUS amount … Read More
WOW! Thank you all so much for joining our Dog Fan Club. We have hit the 200 mark so, as promised, we have done a bonus draw! Congratulations to Peggy Long who is a fan of SCOUT! Scout rules SP Kennel. He saunters around the yard claiming every spot as … Read More
Blizzard conditions shut down the kennel for a day of shoveling, plowing and trail breaking. But, after that we were up and after it. It is GREAT to have snow ~ seems like a new world for a new year! Here is a video from yesterday’s trading run:
