New SP Kennel Crew member, Spencer, is our “kennel manager” this season. Spence first got involved with sled dogs when he was 18 and living in Central Oregon. After working with a few different mushers, he decided to make a goal of learning as much as possible about driving and … Read More
For those of you waiting, the new dog portraits are posted on the Dog Page. So check them out! A HUGE thank you to Jeanne and her camera magic! And of course ~ as we all know ~ SP Kennel wouldn’t be the same without Moira’s website magic! Personally, these … Read More
The dog portraits are complete and we are in the process of updating the Dog and Puppy pages with their new glam shots. This will take a few days so watch this space. In the meantime we thought you would enjoy a sneak peek at some of them. Jeanne (right, … Read More
Happy Alaska Day everyone! And thank you to everyone who joined the Dog Fan Club in the last two weeks. We really appreciate your love and enthusiasm for our dogs! Alaska Day is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States … Read More
Okay, so some folks think that we are a little “over the top” when it comes to our dogs. And I’ll have to admit that having a day set aside as “Portrait Day” might just put us in that category. But… every school has a “Picture Day” and everyone loves … Read More
Training conditions have been perfect this October. Every SP Kennel dog — except ChaCha (13 1/2 years), Bullet (12 1/2 years) and Nutmeg (10 1/2 years) — are in harness on a planned weekly exercise schedule. We have four manageable training teams right now. These teams are established mostly due … Read More
This past week Aliy was asked to do several company presentations in and around Alaska. Since folks wanted to know what the trail looked like during the 2014 Iditarod, we compiled video clips from the “Aliy Cam”. Enjoy!
Happy birthday to Schmoe, Scooter, Sissy and Spoog who turned five years old today! Today’s Wind Back Wednesday (to replace Throwback Thursday this week) is from November 2009 which brought us pictures of the latest additions to SP Kennel – the Pepper x Ranger litter dubbed the “S” litter. How … Read More
At least 7 inches of fresh snow by Monday morning! Dingle enjoys the snow.(Look at the pups in the background.) Four happy puppies: Ernie, Five, Ginger and Rodney. Scooby was off chasing his tail!
