Winter dog mushing season may be over, but we still have many things to look forward to right here! Dog Fan Club First up – we have decided to keep the Dog Fan Club open all summer! Our dogs are as special during the summer as they were during the … Read More
It’s Dog Fan Club Draw day! Congratulations to Metta Canez who is a fan of Driver. We’ve been waiting all year for Driver to come up as a winner as we had a spare “Driver” mug – so we’ll send Metta the mug plus a glam shot of Driver and … Read More
Aliy took many short videos during her ten days on the Iditarod trail this year. We have complied them into short episodes that will be posted the next few weeks. This first video was taken only an hour and half after the restart on Sunday afternoon. You can se the … Read More
While 12 dogs were racing the Kobuk and 20 dogs were on the North Slope a few stayed behind with Karolyn to run in teams so the pups could get out again before it got too warm for them. Gravy had his first experience in harness and Karolyn captured his … Read More
It seemed such a shame to just hang up all the harnesses once mushing season was done in Two Rivers. So, twenty SPK dogs, four humans, an arctic oven tent and plenty of supplies set off from the kennel on Monday morning headed for the North Slope of the Brooks … Read More
The Kobuk 440 is like no other mid distance race as it travels along the Western Coast of Alaska – north of the Arctic Circle. The team had to travel nearly 3,000 miles – trucks, airplanes and even forklifts – just to compete. What seemed like months of logistics and planning … Read More
Woohoo! Congrats to Bridgett, Junior, Chipper, Cayenne, Five, Champ, Clyde, Cayenne, Jefe, Decaf and Felix for their strong finish – and Kodiak, Driver and Perky for their important contribution. They crossed the finish line in Kotzebue at around 1:20am in 12th place. We will hear more from Bridgett later in … Read More
Bridgett and her team are on the final leg to Kotzebue! They left soon after Fabio Berlusconi and are currently 47 miles from the finish. Teams up to now have completed this run in 6-15 hours so we hope for something in the middle! We heard that Bridgett has been … Read More
Bridgett and team have left Selawik checkpoint just after 8am this morning after a six hour break. The standings haven’t been updated yet so we’re not sure if she still has all 11 team mates with her. As I write they are about 20 miles from Noorvik 2 and are … Read More
