We recently reported that Aliy was interviewed by an Anchorage TV station for use in their half-hour pre-Iditarod special. Since many — probably most — of you will not be able to see it aired, we are going to post the audio in a series on the Dog Log. The … Read More
Congratulations to Moonpie who has just become a sponsored dog! Mona Frederick recently contacted us to say that she is planning to attend the Iditarod for the first time this year. In the process of preparing herself, she has become a big fan of SP Kennel and really appreciates all … Read More
How did you spend Christmas night? Aliy, Allen and the dogs spent it by heading out for what’s called a 50-50. That’s a 50 mile run, a 5 hour rest then another 50 mile run. This video offers you a look at their preparation, and some nice footage of the … Read More
You may recall that we began this White Mountains mini-series running dogs on the trail with Aliy, and that seems a good way to wrap it up as well. As I was editing this footage, it struck me as a little odd-looking, like maybe Aliy’s camera got stuck in some … Read More
I know it’s been a week since we were in Anchorage, but I just got this photo off one of my pocket cameras and thought it was funny enough to share with you. Allen and Aliy were sitting in the Anchorage airport waiting for our flight, when Happy hopped up … Read More
In the previous episode of our White Mountains mini-series, you saw a time-lapse view of the Team setting up. The next step in the process is harnessing and hooking up the dogs, but we’ve recently posted a pretty in-depth series on that subject so I decided to offer you something … Read More
As you know, I upgraded the Dogs page last month. The truth is that I was never really happy with it. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t like having to click on a dog’s picture in order to read his or her team card and see more info. … Read More
Part 4 of our White Mountains mini-series started out as another time time-lapse look at what it’s like when the teams arrive “on location” and get ready to run. Although the video looked useful for illustrating the overall process of dropping and feeding the dogs, sorting gear and sleds, laying … Read More
I had planned — hoped? — to bring you a series of photos to illustrate what Winter Solstice is like here at SP Kennel (64.865 North, 146.972 West). But, alas, it has clouded over. I can offer you this one photo, however, taken at our “official sunrise” time of 10:57 … Read More
