Kelim Siberians

Our Goals...

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 occasionally will run a sprint race if we have no other races planned that weekend. We train all fall using an ATV. We generally run 12-14 dog teams on the ATV, and 6 to 8 dogs once we get on snow. We use no neckline between our leaders all fall, you can really see who is doing their job and who isn't quite as focused. We have been to Mushing Boot Camp once and really learned a lot and have been applying many of their methods.

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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. 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 don't show any dogs who has not raced on our team. 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.' :)

Some of our Sleddogs have visited the show ring...
Dodge	Holly	Skor	Stryder

The Kennel We moved to stake outs summer 2004 and are SO much happier than we were with kennels. Winter clean up is way easier, you never have to worry about kennel fights, the dogs get along better (no fence fighting), and it's great to be able to move through the dog yard and visit with the dogs without having to look through chain link fence. The dogs look more 'free' and really seem to enjoy having their own space. Our dogs are let off as a group daily so get plenty of exercise and attention. All our dogs run together as a pack. Our puppies are raised in a large 15 x 30' kennel and they are moved to stake outs at about 6 months.
Puppy Kennel	Yard Summer 2006	Yard Winter 2007

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