Sprint sled for sale
This was an experiment that didn’t work. Kayla just wasn’t into being a sled dog and I don’t have the patience to try to convince her that it’s fun (she’s also getting arthritic so not a good idea anyway). Monty and I will go back to skijoring this winter....
Read More
The life of a country dog
Monty says, “Ah, the life of a country dog in the Yukon, with room to run, a corral full of mice to play with, the occasional mouse in the house – and when we get bones, we get serious bones!”...
Read More
Huskies leave paw prints on our hearts
I found this plaque at CollectiblesToday this morning. “Huskies leave paw prints on our hearts” – yes, you sure did, Kodi. I sure miss him…...
Read More
Late Summer in the White Pass
Yesterday turned out much better than the forecast had indicated, and so the drive to Skagway and back was a much longer trip than I had expected. We stopped on the way to Skagway for a bit of a run at Tutshi Lake as usual, and then for a...
Read More
Wolf hybrids & cats
Kayla is a such a sweet dog I often chuckle at how she came into my life, and about the wolf-hybrid horror stories that circulate. She’s a registered wolf hybrid from a breeder in Ocala, Florida. When she was abandoned in Whitehorse, I took her in with the understanding...
Read More
Senior sled dogs need homes
I just got this message from Michelle Phillips: I am writing concerning Thalina Tchulokvsky. For those of you that know her Thalina is a renowned bush woman. She has lived most of her life in the bush with her close companions – her sled dogs. Some of you might...
Read More
Dogs being killed in traps
There seems to be an increase in the number of dogs in Alaska and the Yukon being killed in traps in recent years. The buffer between recreation and trapping areas has apparently been reduced if not eliminated. The death of another dog in Indian, Alaska, has prompted the Anchorage...
Read More
Christmas dinner at the zoo
We had a wonderful Christmas Day – a superb brunch with Sharon, Laura and Randy and then dinner at our place with Steve and Rachel. We had a huge turkey dinner and the fur-kids (4 dogs and 3 cats) were great – very patient even when Rachel starting handing...
Read More
A heart-warming husky story
What can you do when one of your working huskies goes blind? Certainly she can’t continue to pull tourists across the tundra around Churchill, Manitoba. Or can she?? When husky cross Isobel went blind 3 years ago, some of Jenafor Ollander’s friends said that she might as well shoot...
Read More
“I am very embarrassed to live in the Yukon”
So says Terry Cumming in his rant against popular Yukon News columnist Doug Bell at [link removed]. Don’t let the door hit you on the way Outside (where you obviously belong), Terry. More details are in the previous post, “Sled dog advocacy.”...
Read More