SHAMIR AND RINJDAEL

The two sisters have to be presented as a pair.
They run together and have very close personality.

They are very happy dog and talks a lot and they are "boxing dogs" they love to jump on you and hit you (to play) with their front legs! The other thing they like to do and may get "on your nerves a little " is ARGUE while they run, they bark at each other a lot, I mean a lot... Shamir first pups that are now 2 years old are like here. This pups some "noise" in the team while we train!

We already have 2 litters of pups from Shamir and Rinjdael had pups for the first time this summer.
Their mom was one of our main leader now retired Hyder and their dad was Tyrol a very well know Open Class Sprint dog that produce many many outstanding dog for our friend Joe Redington Jr. Tyrol was an offspring of Sailor, he was owned by our friend Linda Johnson.

They are both rather large female with 47 pounds for Shamir and 50 for Rinjdael.

They are both part of the main race team, SHAMIR isn't has good as Rinjdael for Long Distance. Both are very good for Stage Racing and Mid Distance.
Their race records includes:
Atta Boy 300, Wyoming race, Fur Rendez-Vous, Kobuk 440, Iditarod, Manley Sprint Race and Russia....

Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:46:53 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

Byron won 3 Alpirods in lead

In a couple of words, Byron was the best dog I ever owned.
He was born in the summer of 1987 out of an accidental breeding.
His father Rhino who was the first sled dog I owned, coming from Whitehorse in the Yukon, was a Siberian Husky. He was a good leader but was missing some physical ability to be a top notch sled dog. He did finish the Iditarod placing at the end of the pack. He was my pet dog as well as being a sled dog.
Byron's mother Devil was a top leader for me, finishing several Iditarods and Alpirods, she came from Joe Redington out of one of Joe's leaders called Manley, we never knew who her mother was.
Rhino died of pneumonia one month before Byron was born, so I adopted Byron as my new pet dog as soon as he was a few weeks old, not knowing if he was going to be a good sled dog or not.
When he was about 3 month old, I harnessed him, running behind him and from then on, he ran and never looked back, he was born to be a leader.

Byron, 1/2 Siberian, 1/2 Alaskan

When he was one and a half year old, he ran the Alpirod in swing in the second team, so I decided to take him in the Iditarod and he finished the race in 11th place.
Having him as a pet besides his phenomenal physical ability really helped him mentally in his first Iditarod because it is a lot of pressure for a young dog to run an 1100 miles race. After a few days, the unexperienced dogs don't know if there will be an end to this trail; The trust in their musher is the one thing that makes them overcome their doubts and keep going.

Later he made me win 3 Alpirods and one Kobuk 400 and finished several other Iditarods.
In the Alpirod where there were a lot of intersections and trails in towns, he was awesome at steering the team without even slowing down. If I missed a turn, he would jump over a snow burm or anything to get back on the right trail.
He retired from racing after the last Alpirod in 1995 and went to live at home until he was 17 years old.
Sometimes he would lift his leg on the video cabinet in the leaving room and Magali would get mad at him, I would respond: "This dog paid for the house by making me win races, so he can pie on it once in a while if he wants"

Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:43:01 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

ARGOS and ORACLE

They are now 3 years old and dogs I really like. They are easy to work with, quiet and you don’t “see” them much, they do their job, eat, drink, camp good and is nice to work with. I really like them.
Oracle only had a little problems with is “male parts” last winter so this spring he loose them and the problem will be “history”
Argos finished Iditarod last March, he raced in France with me and then in Wyoming with Jacques. As a yearling he raced Oregon and Wyoming. Oracle also race itn France with me the Wyoming with Jacques he took the start of Iditarod but he got dropped in Rainy Pass due to a little shoulder problem.
Only problem with those two is like their dad they listen when they want, we turn our dogs loose everyday before and after training when we hook them up and remove harnesses , let say they check everything before the decide to come back to their dog house…. They are both super nice and DON’T FIGHT… they are almost the only male we can put together in one kennel and don’t worry about arguments.

Their mom was a female from Joee Redington Jr that we lease for breeding and their dad is Risk one of our main race dog that we recently sold to Stephen in England.

They are both on training and on the main list for the MAIN RACE DOG…

Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:21:29 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

LOLY

She is now 4 years old. She is Jacques favorite dog. She was a single pup from an accidental breeding. Her mom was an outstanding leader for us. Her dad was ¼ saluki cross.

She is a very good leader, very very good on command. But so far never made the Main race team. She works too hard and get hurt, she always recover and manage to run in the B team.

She loves to come in the house but she is not clean and ALWAYS pee somewhere… and can’t just lay down quietly she has to get into trouble.

She is a very funny dog and a nice leader. She is Jacques’s dog for sure.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:07:17 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

HECTOR and ULYSS

The Baboon brothers… Well they are Baboon since their dad was BONZAI. They act like baboons too.

The love each other and run together most of the time. They are next to each other in the kennel and don’t like to be separated from each other.

They talk a lot, I mean a lot, they tell you stories and if you correct them of tell them to not jump on you they bark even more!!!

They but run very smooth and are good size and have good fur. Last year they were both in Wyoming but I dropped out of the race so they didn’t got to prove themselves much.

This year they are in the main racing team training.

Ulyss is may be faster than Hector but Hector is very steady. Ulyss only wants to run on the right side of the line, but Hector doesn’t mind….

I like those two a lot this summer Jacques wanted them to go work on the Glacier I said “no way I keep my baboons” they come with me blueberry picking and talked to me most of the time….

I hope for them to make it to the race team this winter I will be very proud.

Monday, October 23, 2006 12:20:55 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

PYRAMID

This is one of my leaders.

She is Egypt sister. Like Egypt she is small… not much of dog there about 35 pounds or so…. But I love her….

Tiny and fast and quick!!!

Memphis pups she is so stubborn and a mind of her own goes of course with her funny personality….

He nickname is “Gray mouick “so unless you didn’t read the previous “dog portrait” you know what it means … she talks less than Egypt but still does!

She si a nice leader on training she doesn’t drive very hard and sometimes get “stuck” on that “trotting mode” but on the races I never have a problem to make her go faster and lop. This fall she start getting OK on command I still have to stop before she will take a turn but she does without me getting off the 4 wheeler. So I think this year she will improve more and then next winter be good on commands. Until now she always had to follow her mom or Smallet but now she is old enough to get to to it all by herself.

She has a great endurance but has a very picky appetite she is a REAL PAIN… but on stage race we do have the advantage to be able to spend time with the dogs to make them eat. But I can use her 5 days in a row on 30 to 50 miles stages without any concern she is like her mom OUTSTANDING and recover SUPER FAST… this is one thing she got from her mom RECOVERY TIME SUPER MEGA FAST… 

 

Yesterday I was changing trail and I had her and Chrome in lead, and I was ready to have to stop and spend time at point where we used to go one way and now we go the other… well  she jumped over Chrome each time to take the command !! I was impressed and proud.

 

I almost bred her this summer, but she wasn’t in heat at the right time… and also I am concern if she produce small dog like her….

 

 

Posted by Magali in DOG PORTRAIT
Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:21:43 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

CHROME

She is now 4 years old and one of the stage race leader for Jacques.

She is a member of an “accidental breeding”. She is of course the best one of the litter and runs well in lead for stage races. She is not good for Distance races. She doesn’t have the best appetite and don’t drink well.

She is shy around people but fine on the line or on the races.

She is pretty small about 40 some pounds. She is very good for stage race, don’t get bothered by the warm temperature since she is small and don’t mind deep snow. This is the advantage with small dogs: less weight to move in deep snow, so less likely to get injured and less body under the sun… But LESS POWER!!!

She is a nice leader for Jacques on the Stage races.

Friday, October 20, 2006 7:00:06 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)     

FUJI

She is a small female that turned 3 this summer. She is nice and good leader. But shy. This was a real problem when she was younger as she refuse to pass or head on pass teams that she didn't know... she came with me in Oregon and Wyoming in 2005 and did OK. Last winter she didn't race at all but was leading every training run here.

This summer I decided to spay her, since I will never breed her due to the fact that she is shy, has blue eyes and a little short on speed for Stage races. Anyhow she is a nice leader and this season is imporving a lot on commands and getting over her "shyness" problem. She  works very good for me and Jacques but sometimes if a handler take her as a leader and start to loose his/her calm if problem then Fuji can really screw things up even more. But with Jacques or me she is NO PROBLEMS...

I still have a serious problem with her when I meet loose dogs that are "agressif" she just would no go she is scared.... but I have hope to not meet those loose not nice dogs too often...

She may run distance races this winter. She eats like crazy and very endurant, She doesn't like the 14/15mph constant speed....

She is a nice leader and will never leave our kennel as we rely on her a lot for training.

Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:39:40 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)