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Our Wishes for 2015

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The end of 2014 has been tough on dog training. We’ve seen so much rain recently that it’s been hard to get in the spirit of “winter training” and racing. Unlike last year, we have been based solely out of Seward for the early part of the season.  Last year, we spent a good month and a half renting a house in Knik to better train our dogs out of. The comfort & ease that gave us has been sorely missed. It was so much fun waking up to cold weather and snow!

We hope that 2015 brings colder temperatures our way. 2014 marked the first year that Anchorage never saw temperatures drop below zero. Here in Seward, we have hardly had any snow! Although elevation has seen quite a significant amount of snow, we have struggled to find a thin layer of ice to run our sleds on!

Here are some things we are hoping 2015 will bring us:

  1. Colder weather
  2. Snow!!!
  3. Happiness
  4. Health
  5. Gratitude

We are looking forward to the mid-distance races we are running this year: the Knik 200 and the Tustumena 200. Unfortunately this year we did not do as good a job signing up for races as we have in the past. I’m disappointed we won’t be going to The Copper Basin 300 this year after Travis’ excellent 5th place finish last year with his entire team.

2015 Dog Sled Racing Season Announcements

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Welcome! Our new website has been a work of love over the past few months and has taken up a tremendous amount of time and energy. We are so excited to finally be sharing it with you in time for the 2015 dog sled racing & training season

We have a couple new features as well as big announcements that we would like to share with you.

Cool New Features

Videos Section
We are going to be producing a lot of videos this year. Many of these videos will make their way on to facebook but we encourage you to check on our website weekly in the video section to see our latest videos. Check it out.

Meet our Dogs – The Real Dog Sled RacersGremlin smiling coyly for the camera

These guys are the real stars of our kennel — we’re just the ones who do all the talking! Meet some of our fantastic team members so you can better understand our stories and our video updates. Meet our sled dogs!

Adopt a Sled Dog

Interested in adopting one of our older retired sled dogs? Fill out our adopt a sled dog application. Don’t worry – it is in no way an actual commitment but we would like to grow a list of interested people. We have several sled dogs nearing the age of retirement and we want to ensure a great post-racing career for them. Learn More

Facebook Commenting On Blog Posts!

Want to let us know your thoughts on a certain post? You can now use facebook commenting down below the post to give us your feedback. We LOVE when you comment on our blog posts!

Easy-to-Share Blog Posts

You’ll notice at the top and bottom of this post there are some new buttons to help you immediately share our content. Help us grow the dog sledding community by sharing our content with your facebook friends, twitter followers, and on your pinterest boards! While you may not think this helps, this is one of the single biggest things you can do to help “cheer us on” virtually.

And 3 Big Announcements

Of course it wouldn’t be the start of the 2015 dog sled racing season without a few announcements!

#1) This blog is going to be very, very active.

You can expect a minimum of 3 posts a week. Two of these blog posts are going to be centered on teaching you about dog sledding so you can really learn how to understand our sport. Most people know the basics of football, baseball and hockey – it’s time for most people to know the basics of dog sledding! Educational blog posts will be updated every Monday & Thursday, with kennel updates occurring on Wednesdays.

#2) Our biggest goal for the 2015 season is providing quality information about dog sledding, dog sled racing and our kennel.

We want to engage with you and teach you more about our sport. Tell us what you would like to know. Have a question about a blog post? Comment on it. Thought of something you’d like answered? Ask us your dog sledding questions on facebook. While we can’t always respond right away (we do have to train) we’ll be sure to get to it when we get back from our latest run or when we have internet!

#3) We have launched a new sponsorship program for the 2015 dog sled racing season.

Learn how you can help sponsor our racing and training and be a part of our journey as we prepare for Iditarod 2014. Check it out!

 

That’s it. Stay tuned for our next blog post later this week!