Author: SPK Dog Log

Thanks for all your great questions! Hope you enjoy these few minutes with Allen before he embarks on his Quest.

The Yukon Quest has been the central focus for SP Kennel these last few weeks. We have exactly ONE WEEK until the Race Start. As the time nears, we’d like to share our “front row hype”. As you might imagine there is an infinite amount of preparation that goes on … Read More

Ever wondered what the SP Kennel mushers eat out on the trail? Most commercial high-energy snacks can freeze completely solid at 40 below so this, combined with the sugar rush and consequent sugar low many commercial products cause, prompted the SP Kennel mushers to look at other alternatives. This is … Read More

There has been some great media coverage of the Yukon Quest and a couple of articles about Allen in particular (click on red links to take you to the articles) “In Cold Pursuit” by Amy Nordrum from “Fairbanksalaska.com” “Seconds Matter” by Jeff Richardson from the Fairbanks Newsminer We’re going to … Read More

Dr Tamara Rose DVM from Fairbanks came out to the kennel to do official veterinary checks on all the potential Yukon Quest 1000 team members. The checks are very thorough and start with formal identification of each dog – age, sex and colour along with microchip number. All of our … Read More

Allen and Meghan took 26 dogs out today for an 80 mile training run from the Two Rivers Yukon Quest checkpoint right into downtown Fairbanks following the Quest trail down the Chena River. At this point Allen’s BLACK team is not finalised so any one of the 26 could make … Read More

Boris is a sweetheart! Boris is as steady of a sled dog as we could ever hope to have. He is a powerful one as well. His overall strength will certainly be to our benefit this year as we hope to include him in many of our racing teams. We … Read More

Aliy and Meghan took a couple of teams up into the hills around Two Rivers recently and Aliy captured some great video… Aliy’s team is Lead: Quito and Beemer, Swing: Schmoe and Chemo, Team: Kipper and Lester, Scout and Willie, Spoog and Mac, Wheel: Biscuit and Tatfish.

Food drop bags for the Yukon Quest and Yukon Quest 300 were due this weekend and we dropped off 56 bags to the depot to cover the BLACK team’s 1000 miles and the RED team’s 300. You might wonder what goes into the drop bag – we pack snacks for … Read More

We’ve put together the best bits from the Copper Basin 300 pics and videos, we hope you enjoy it!