Chewy and Mohawk

Tuesday, December 22 2009

 

Update January 2010  Mohawk has been adopted!  (and now March 1st. Chewy has been adopted also!)

Chewy is just a baby.  He came in with his brother Mohawk.  They are only 7 months old and already given up because their musher thought they were too slow for his team.  We see excellent potential in these 2 boys.  The loved to go.  To discount them at such a young age is sad.  We were running a pretty quick team and they drove and pulled hard for 3 miles without any signs of getting tired.  Mohawk is a little more focused than Chewy but both boys have a super life ahead of them as working dogs if someone will let them mature and grow into their bodies and feet.  They are on the small side right now but I think they will be around 50 pound dogs.  They are both extremely shy and "spooky."  More socialization will help them.  You can tell they really want to come out of their shells and be loved and petted but doesn't look like they got a lot of that in their short 7 months.  Chewy is barky at the shelter but Mohawk is very quiet.  At the truck and running they were different pups.  Tails wagging, happy happy boys.  They will need a gentle hand but I think if someone takes them these dogs will be very hard workers.  Supposedly they came from Yukon Quest/Iditarod lines.

I don't have a good single pic of Mohawk but you can see him in the team picture.  He is on the left and Chewy is on the right.  (Loon and Cessna behind them)