On The Trail
Our goal in racing is to finish as high as possible
in every race. We run mostly 30 mile races (mid-distance in New
England) and sprint races, but we prefer anything over 12 miles. We
train all fall using an ATV. We generally run 12-16 dog teams on the
ATV, and 6 to 8 dogs once we get on snow. We are striving to have
one of the top Siberian Husky teams in our area, showing that
Siberians can compete against teams of all breeds. We want
dogs who are very trail driven, have speed and want to push for it,
tons of drive, ones who are not chronically injured and overall hard
headed, tough dogs. We like dogs who don't get 'put off' or
'nervous' easily who really want to run.
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Breeding
Program
We only breed a litter to keep something for ourselves. We are trying to
breed the
best dogs we can in harness - a dog who is: hard driving, has endurance,
has speed and pushes to keep a fast pace, a dog who is not prone to
injuries, a non-aggressive dog on the trail, well structured, good
tempered and in good health. If a dog does
not meet our standards we will spay/neuter it. We have found
ourselves being more picky and having higher standards year after year. Not every dog in
our kennel 'needs' to be bred. We enjoy running altered dogs on
the team - it makes life easier without unnecessary raging hormones!
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The
Siberian Husky Breed
Performance is our main priority, but we also believe
in breed type. We do show occasionally but recently have been focused
much more on racing. To us when you see a team at a race you
should know right away if it's a Siberian or an Alaskan team, there
shouldn't be any 'guessing.' :)
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