The sport of mushing is unique in it’s own right, with a variety of dog breeds, equipment, personalities, and events for every type of team. Here’s your chance to become part of that! By sponsoring your athlete, each season they will receive a new harness for training and racing, neck lines and tug lines, booties, and a bag of high protein dog food to recover from hard training sessions and races. Each athlete has their own unique personality, just like us so choose one that fits best for you!
The cost of sponsoring an athlete is $125 per season. In exchange, we will send you an 8X10 picture of your choice from our gallery along with an email about races and results, training, and dog life in general. Your name or business will also be listed along with your dog on the website.
If you would like to sponsor the entire kennel at any level, fill out the form on the contact page.
Toivo – 3 y/o Endurance Leader
Sponsored by:
Lori & David Sommerville – New York, NY
Breed: Alaskan Husky
Personality: Toivo is one of two dogs that lives in the house, he has since he was a puppy to keep Helena occupied. He likes to go for hikes, runs, and swimming off leash. He’s very friendly and isn’t afraid to ask you for affection. His favorite toys are tennis balls and sticks, but you have to find the stick first. Toivo is a good pace setter for long runs up to 40 miles once we are on snow and helps younger dogs with commands and is the largest dog in the kennel. He tries to be tough, but hook him up to a chain and his real personality comes out, he’s a big softie. Toivo came from Ward & Colleen Wallin in Two Harbors.
Valor – 2 y/o Sprint Leader
Sponsored by: Kathleen & William Duppler – Duluth, MN
Breed: Greyhound/Eurohound
Personality: Valor is the hardest and fastest working dog we have, hands down. He pulls so hard when we stop he just lays down, completely blown out. When we are hooking the team up for a run, he screams pretty loud and jumps up and down about three feet in the air. Valor is a big sweetheart, he wiggles around and bounces up and down like a rabbit when you go out the yard to see him. Åsa and Valor are best buds even though he runs mostly with Magnus who likes to pick fights with him sometimes. He has a really short coat so he will be staying in the house on really cold nights. Valor comes from the Streepers via Mark and Mary Black.
Magnus – 2 y/o Sprint & Endurance Leader
Sponsored by: The Harrison family in memory of “Sasha” – Duluth, MN
Breed: Alaskan Husky
Personality: Magnus’ nick name is “Moose”, because he’s a big strong dog that is hard to handle while getting into his dog box and hooking up to the gangline. Toivo and Magnus are almost the same size, but completely different dogs. He likes to lick you when you pet and feed him, and he’s not afraid of anyone. He’s really fast when he needs to be, but is easily distracted on the trail and screams just before we take off firing up the team. We’re working on gee/haw commands with him and he is doing better and better every training session with some help from Toivo and Valor. Magnus comes from Bark River Racing and was on their 2009 winning team during the White Oak Classic Sled Dog Race.
Seppo – 1 y/o Team/Wheel Dog
Not yet sponsored
Breed: Eurohound
Personality: Seppo is extremely shy, we are slowly getting him more socialized so his best buddy right now is Magnus . He came to us a little lean as most young dogs do but we’ve managed to put about 7lbs on him hoping he will fill out and grow a little more. During feeding time, he gets pretty excited and jumps up on you. He runs with Åsa right now and no matter what speed we do his tug line is nice and tight. We have big hopes for this little guy, but he is still considered very young. His grandmother’s side of the family were North American Skijor champions. He comes from the Streepers as well.
