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  Our dogs, like
most Alaskan Huskies, are not a specific breed but more so a
combination of many different bloodlines focusing on traits such as the
desire to work, a dense coat and large size. Over the years we have
searched out the largest heavily coated husky we could find and to this
day maintain a strong desire of getting back to the 'old ways' of
our sport when sled dogs were used to haul mail, supplies and
comfortably endure long cold nights on the trail.
We also desired
our dogs to be trusted members of our family, able to be run loose, to
be unhooked from the team and to come back to their place on the line
when called. All these traits make our job running the team much easier
since we never know when we will have to get off the runners to
snowshoe ahead, cut trees blocking our trail or manage a difficult
tangle within the team.
There is
nothing quite like 10 or more huskies running crazily all around us,
darting through trees and chasing each other through the woods while we
snowshoe through the deep snow. Some of them like to help find the
trail while others, usually the younger ones, quickly learn how far
back to stay away from the ends of our snowshoes enjoying the easy
broken path we make for them.
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