With my BS degree in Exercise Science, coaching, and elite athletic background I always kept a thorough and detailed training journal with as much data as I could collect i.e. time, elevation, distance, avg. spd, heart rate, weight, intensity, etc. As an athlete, it's the only way you can gauge year to year training and [...]
A wonderful article titled "Born to Run: Sprint sled-dog racing is fast and furry-ous" with Lilly Stewart, a sprint musher from Ipswich, Massachusetts was published this week in Sports Illustrated. Some of our mushing friends Ken Davis of Saginaw, MN and Amy Cooper of Holmen, WI are also mentioned in the article. Such great publicity [...]
The Snow is Gone! Wow, our snow cover sure went fast! Warm temps in early March reaching into the low 60's F took a toll on our sled training for the season. We were hoping to get some training in on the sled working with young leaders to supplement our aging team. The dogs have [...]
The IFSS World Championships are going on right now in Bernau and Todtmoos, Germany. A few local athletes that we compete against Amy Cooper and Rich Kisseloff are representing the USA with other team members. Rich's "Pasha" is from our kennel, a big boy out of the Valor X Jaana 2012 litter competing in the [...]
Santa stopped by the kennel last week to try out some sled dogs to help him deliver gifts right here in northern Minnesota! He was really impressed at how "the dogs really fly!" Have you been naughty or nice this year? That pesky Elf On the Shelf has also been back torturing the dogs. [...]
