Fall Training and Conditioning Begins

The dogs are certainly ready for running in harness. The main issue is making sure that our very excited, furry Alaskan huskys do not overheat. The current weather forecast is in our favor with the early morning temperatures predicted in the low 40’s. There has also been quite a bit … Read More

Junior’s Pups are 2 Weeks today

We don’t seem t be very successful with the Live Cam. So sorry but the upload speed seems to be a big challenge. Here is a short video just showing the pups and where they are living at SP Kennel:  

Hello From New Zealand!

It’s winter in New Zealand and, therefore, our dog racing season. Much of the racing in NZ is sprint type racing but Fleur and Curt Perano of Underdog NZ (who also keep a kennel in Willow, Alaska) organised more of a “distance” type race a couple of weekends ago, to introduce … Read More

August Howl

Looking south from the upper porch at SP Kennel was absolutely gorgeous the other night. It was 10:30 at night and the sunset was spectacular. The sun doesn’t set much in interior Alaska during the summer months, so witnessing this dazzling display of brilliant colors as the sun moves below … Read More

Puppy Cam Test

Our First Scheduled LIVE PUP CAM will be tomorrow, Saturday at 2PM (AKT) or 6PM (EST) or 10AM Sunday (New Zealand). See you then! Despite our amazing website guru, we still have very slow upload speeds in rural Alaska. So… our live video is going to look about like what … Read More

Welcome to the World! Puppies

We welcomed eight Junior X Rodney puppies on Monday, August 13th. We generally estimate a 63 day “due date” – which was not until the 16th. So… on Monday, we were a little surprised.  Junior’s labor started normally. She whelped a dark tri-colored boy in the early morning. Aliy was … Read More

Puppies on the Way!

It has been two years since we whelped a litter of Alaskan Husky pups at SP Kennel. In the next week (or so) that will change. Junior is pregnant. As all of you SPK fans know, Olivia “Junior” was born to Olivia and Nacho’s first litter six years ago this … Read More

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