Update April 5th.  Strawberry has been adopted!  We hope she will be happy in her new home.  She touched a lot of people's hearts.

UPDATE March 31st.  Strawberry has been spayed.  She is ready to take home today!

UPDATE March 23rd.  We ran Strawberry and Kenai today in a FAST 5 dog team.  I really wanted to see what these girls could do after seeing them skijor.  We were on the 4 wheeler because of the bad trail conditions.  I had the 4 wheeler opened up and 2 of our fastest leaders up front.  Both of these girls would make great limited class sprint dogs.  They have good bloodlines (Reynolds) and although the person that turned them in said they were too slow for this team, I can't see this.  They were hard on the line even when I was going as fast as I felt comfortable!  When we turned back to the truck we put both of them in lead.  They held out the team and did great.  Although they are shy and not exposed to a lot of new things, I think they would blossom in the right care and make excellent and fast skijor dogs.

UPDATE March 17th.  I ran Strawberry and Kenai in a 3 dog skijor team.  They did great.  Kenai was in lead and although these dogs had never skijored before and they did start out looking behind a bit and being kind of afraid of the skis, after about a half mile they both never looked behind again.  They are both hard driving dogs that LOVE to run.  They are on the shy side and will need a patient hand but they both have a lot of potential with good care.  Strawberry may be pregnant so the faster we can get her adopted out the better for spaying.  She is bigger than Kenai and can really stretch out running.  The ex owner said they were too slow for his team but I figure he must have a 23 mph team because these dogs certainly have a lot of top end speed from what I could see in our 1.5 mile run.

Strawberry is a 3 yeard old pointer mix that came in with Kenai.  She is very thin and needs some TLC.  She is very sweet but needs a gentle hand.  She is very short coated so would need an insulated dog house or to live in a heated dog barn in the winter.  She has some rough spots on her coat that might be from poor care (wet straw or possibly no straw....) and what looks like some pitch on her coat from being chained near pine trees.  Just a guess.  We are planning on running her soon.  I bet she would make a great pet and skijor dog.  She is striking in her looks and has a nice pattern on her back.

Midnight is inside at the shelter.  She is a super calm and sweet girl but on the shy side.  She loves gentle pets and a calm household would be her ideal.  She came from a village where she occasionally was in a team but is such a petite girl that she rather enjoyed being more of a pet.  She has a boxy face and was quite emaciated when she first came in.  She is gaining weight (although she has a long way to go) so just needs more confidence and a good loving home to make her life happy.

Update April 16  Mighty was adopted!  We hope his new home works out for him and brings his contentment and peace.

Mighty is a shy boy but still has a lot of puppy characteristics.  He has been in 2 homes and has made it clear that he really doesn't want to be a sled dog in a team.  He is sweet and approachable and very calm.  He would make someone a great hiking friend and would love to curl up by the fire in the winter.

Ester is just a baby.  She is inside at the shelter just looking for a loving home.  She is a petite girl with a gentle and calm demeanor.  She loves children and would love a household where she can possibly grow up to be a child's skijor pal.

Update March 26th.  Sissy has been adopted. Sassy is still waiting for her forever home.  She doesn't present herself well at the shelter.  She is shy and reserved.  She just needs a gentle hand and a person she can bond with.  Please consider adopting Sassy.

UPDATE March 23rd.  We harness broke Sissy and Sassy in a 6 dog team.  It is always funny watching that little lightbulb go off in their heads.  Usually takes a half mile or so.  Sissy was on the line right off the bat (after keeping her turned forward before we got going!).  She is all work and seriousness.  Sassy is finer boned and indeed more Sassy.  She wanted to play and jump around a lot.  We put her beside Sammy who tolerated her puppiness with great professionalism.  These 2 girls, although small, have speed.  They love to run and go go go.  With time and patience I can see these girls flying through the woods pulling a light weight skijorer.  Please give them a chance.

Sissy and Sassy were found on Bradway Road.  Hopefully their owner will come and claim them.  They are just puppies and are shy but very sweet.  They really want to be loved but are reserved.  Sassy is more outgoing but takes a lot of her cues from her sister.  If they aren't claimed these two girls would probably grow up to be great pets and skijoring dogs. 

These girls were moved inside and are staying together for right now.  They are sweet and curious.  I love these pups.  They remind me of a little pointer mix that I got at the shelter 5 years ago (Blackberry) who ended up being one of the fastest dogs in my yard.  These pointer mixes are people dogs and these 2 girls would love to come home with you and learn to skijor and go hiking.

Update: Kaya was adopted.  I think it is working out!

Update March 26th  Kaya was brought back to the shelter.  She wasn't getting the exercise she needed in a home with a tiny backyard, a working family and a 1 year old baby.  She is high energy and would LOVE to be a sprint or skijor dog.

Update March.  Kaya has been adopted!

January 29, 2010  We ran Kaya in a 10 dog team.  This petite girl is CRAZY.  She LOVES to run and pull.....but she wants to run all out and not stop...she chewed 2 necklines and is a wild jumping girl when stopped....over and under the dog beside her....pull on the line...chew the neckline... bang the harness.  Wow, what energy!!  She is young and small and would add good speed to a faster team.  She loves people and has a great personality.  She was found running in the Salcha area for 2 weeks and was terribly thin.  She is looking pretty good now.

Update.  Sally has been adopted.  She is just waiting for her flight east!

Update March 25th  Sally is in private foster care.  She is learning to get along with all kinds of dogs running around.  She is doing well in her foster home.

January 29, 2010  Sally is a strong girl with great muscles and good weight.  She liked to go and has good speed.  She is a friendly girl that liked everyone, both people and dogs.  She would do good in a rec team where the demand isn't great to go super long distances.

January 29, 2010  We ran Sable in a 10 dog team.  She is a shy girl that would warm up quickly if given a chance.  She likes to go and might make a good rec dog where she isn't under a lot of pressure.  She has good weight at around 45 pounds.

Update.  Brooks was adopted!

Update March 6th 2010  Brooks is in private shelter foster care.  She has already been running in her foster home team and is doing great.  She is still very shy and reserved but should blossom in her new foster home.

January 29, 2010.  We ran Brooks in a 10 dog team.  She is VERY shy and quite upset about being at the shelter.  She is in full blown heat too, so made the run interesting although for having a 10 dog team, not one dog was growley or aggressive.  She is a sweet girl with gentle eyes that with the right care and love she would come around quickly.  She likes to run but doesn't want to be a distance dog.  Shorter trips, maybe into the White Mountains, would be right up her alley.  She is thin so needs some good nutrition.  Everyone likes this girl.

January 29, 2010  Hoodoo came in along with his kennel mate Brooks.  They are both very shy dogs.  They seem quite traumatized to be at the shelter.  Hoodoo is a young male about 50 pounds.  He is strong with a good attitude.  He crabs when he trots but a half harness might solve that.  He likes to go and would make a good rec dog.  Supposedly he has some miles on him this year already.  He has that "soft" look about him that if someone just gave his patience and kindness he would turn out to be a friendly and giving boy.  He just needs time and a gentle person.   He did take us all the way back to the truck in lead.