This morning in Anchorage a few of us had breakfast with Dr Al Townsend and a team from Eagle Pack – Natural Dog Food and took the opportunity to thank them for their friendship, support and sponsorship over the years. Aliy fed Eagle Pack back in the early 2000s even … Read More
The SP Kennel DogLog will be the place to come for SP Kennel-centric coverage of the race. We are proudly and unapologetically focussed on only our two teams so if you want to find out about other teams you will need to check with other kennel blogs and/or Facebook pages. … Read More
Last season Verizon Wireless came on board as a lead sponsor of SP Kennel and we are delighted that relationship has continued into this season. Verizon’s motto of “Better Matters” really gels with us and our philosophy and we are excited to be associated with them. Thanks Team! We really … Read More
Aliy and Allen went to a pre Iditarod event last night hosted by ExxonMobil at the Hard Rock Cafe in Downtown Anchorage. The “one week out” party was a Salute to the Volunteers Veterinarians of the Iditarod. Jeff Schultz showed many amazing photographs of the Mushers, Dogs and Veterinarians along … Read More
Iditarod is a week away and we can’t wait! Between now and Wednesday Aliy and Allen will be stretching out their teams for the final times (and narrowing down their team selections) and packing sleds and personal gear for Anchorage and Nome. Wednesday Aliy, Allen and Moira fly down to … Read More
Prior to the Yukon Quest, Aliy and Chris went up to the White Mountains and took a bunch of dogs for a run. Aliy took her video camera to show you around!
While Allen was on his final leg of the Yukon Quest, Aliy was at home turning in the Iditarod Drop Bags for both teams. We had mostly completed the bags prior to the Quest but we needed to bring home the dog jackets, fleece blankets and gloves etc from the … Read More
Monday was a busy day for all the potential Iditarod dogs at SP Kennel! We loaded up 44 dogs into two trucks and headed to town. First stop was to get blood drawn by the volunteer vet tech team for the Iditarod veterinarian team to run several tests to ascertain … Read More
Just a reminder that during the Iditarod weekend in Anchorage the entire SP Kennel Crew of dogs and humans will be staying at the Extended Stay Anchorage – Downtown. Come stay with us and you might get to meet the dogs and the crew! We will let you know the … Read More
As the final act in this year’s Yukon Quest I have put together a “journey” video for the Black team on this year’s race. Go make a cup of coffee (or tea), put your feet up and, hopefully, enjoy!
