The Yukon Quest starts this weekend, with a total of 24 teams running the 1,000 mile race. Because the race begins in Fairbanks this year, the Quest Banquet was held here tonight. The highlight of the evening was the mushers’ drawing for bib numbers which will both identify them throughout … Read More
Back in November we posted an in-depth series about hooking up the dogs to go out for a run. It wasn’t until one of you wrote to ask, “What are all those lines on the front of the sled?” that we realized we forgot to tell you about a pretty … Read More
Here’s a little glimpse of winter living in the Alaskan Interior!(Yes, they are BIG!)
The “Three Pupsketeers” are at the age where they move so fast and in so many directions that it’s really hard to capture decent video of them. I’ll keep trying to bring you an update on them all very soon, but for now I can offer you this little gem … Read More
Here’s a little outtake of Aliy hooking up her team for the physical therapy run. As you know, her six dogs included four heathen yearlings — Hank, Lester, Willie and Scruggs — loud-mouth Ranger and “Saint Bullet.” It’s hard to describe Bullet. She is a shy, quiet dog who takes … Read More
In Part 3, we’ve saved the best for last. Continuing and wrapping up the physical therapy run, Aliy provides you with a fully narrated ride on “the slough.” Along the way she enhances her evaluation of the rehab dogs and shares her final assessment of their fitness to return to … Read More
In Part 2, Aliy describes both the physical therapy run in general and individual dogs on the rehab teams in particular. She does all this, of course, while mushing, filming and observing dogs all at the same time. As they say, “Don’t try this at home!”
As you know, a few dogs were “dropped” from the teams during the CB300. None for any real or obvious injuries, but showing enough signs of discomfort that the mushers made the decisions to drop them in the interest of the dogs’ best welfare. Aliy talked about all of the … Read More
Winning the CB300 Humanitarian award is truly an honor for all of us here at SP Kennel, but we have to admit we’re not solely responsible for winning it. Nutrition plays such an important part in the dogs’ overall health and fitness that we wanted to do something special to … Read More
