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....

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"

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…

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.

Mambo

Male, red and white was about 52 pounds ; Born August 1986 died in 1996 (cancer).

Mambo even though he is no longer with us is still very important for us. He is the foundation of our kennel bloodline.

Jacques purchased him when he was a Yearling. He was produced by Joee Redington Jr. He was a husky looking dog, brown eyes, ears up, who loved to run.

He was working so hard that after each training he would barely walk and we never had thought he would hold up to all those races, but he did because he was so tough.

He raced among others : Alpirod 91, 92, 93, 94 - Gold Run 94 (Leader) - North Pole 94 (Leader) - LNAC 94 (leader) - Tok 94 (leader)

He was a nice leader not so good on command due to the fact he was completely crazy once in harness. He would jump 3ft high on the line he was easy to spot on the team at the starting line.

We had 22 pups total from him and today we have in the kennel we have 2 dogs directly out of him (Snicker and Crow both 11 years old ) and 20 alive grand kids here in our kennel and great grand father of 73 dogs here; 3 of the 13 main leaders in our kennel are his grand kids and 6 are his great grand kids.

Today we bred our dogs to have a strong Mambo presence we really liked his attitude, toughness.

So even though he is dead I figure he needs to be under the SPOTLIGHT!!