I don't have a picture of Awol because she rarely comes out of her house at the shelter.  But at the truck when we ran her today she was more animated and not so afraid.  She is a 4 year old smaller female with a very sweet face.  Grey and petite she did great in the team.  She is a driven little girl with a nice gait.  She came in with Star and HotWine and other than being small I just couldn't understand why she was there.  She is probably Mackey bloodlines as that is where Star and HotWine have come from.  Great bloodlines and a nice gait...all Awol needs is a kind person to show her that the world isn't that scary. 

I will try and get a picture of her soon.  (I didn't have my camera on the run today!)

She is on house A.

UPDATE August 31.  We harness broke and ran Cloud in an 8 dog team.  She is very timid and was very afraid of being handled.  Leslie sat with her while we hooked all the other dogs into the team....when we took off you could watch that lightbulb click in her head.  She was the usual puppy, bouncing all around and running into Star her teammate for the run.  But she got it and ran with her tail flying around with a grin on her face.  She is a sweet girl that will turn into a nice little runner with time and patience, especially patience.  She wasn't socialized well and will need time to get used to different noises and sights.  Once we took her back to the shelter she was actually dancing, being very proud of having been successful.

Cloud is just a baby at 9 months of age.  She is very shy but approachable and would come around with a gentle hand and individual attention.    We will take her out to run soon.  She came in with Hannabelle and is on house C.

UPDATE August 31.  We ran HannaBelle (I thought her name was HoneyBelle but I was mistaken) in an 8 dog team today.  She is very shy and timid.  She definitely needs a gentle hand and a kind person to gain her trust.  It is hard for her to come out of her dog house when anyone is around.  In the team she was shy and worried.  At times she ran well and at others she seemed to be afraid of the dogs around her and you certainly couldn't stop and walk up to her.  She was never well socialized but I think with time she would learn to trust someone and be a super nice dog.  Patience and kindness is what she is looking for.  She is already spayed.

HannaBelle was turned in with Cloud.  She is 4 years and and has been a sled dog.  She is very healthy (but does have some pine pitch throughout her coat) but is quite shy and reserved.  We will run her soon.  HoneyBelle is on house D.

Update August 31.  We didn't get to run Korky today for his meeting with the vet to check out his back problems has not happened yet.  He is turning out to be a very friendly guy with a happy smile.

Korky is an all white boy with striking blue eyes.  He is around 6 years old and came in as a stray from the Ballaine Road/Chili Pepper area and no one claimed him.  He seems to have some chiropractic issues and he will be checked out soon.  We are hoping to run him this week.  He is shy but approachable and a very sweet boy.  He is on house B.

August 31.  We didn't have a place in the team to run this big pup today. 

This big fluffy boy is an older dog.  He has been run before but we don't know how much.  He is on house J and we will run him soon.

UPDATE August 31.  We ran HotWine in an 8 dog team today.  He is a nice running dog and has several years left of running in him.  It is rather sad when people get rid of their older dogs.  This boy is VERY strong.  He is quite shy at the shelter but away from the shelter came out of his shell and is a nice dog.  BUT....he is very hard to harness.  Seemed very afraid of having his body touched much.  Another sadness....people really need to pet, touch and interact with their dogs.  I know it is difficult when dogs lots are huge but to see a dog that is 10 years old and still so shy and afraid just breaks my heart.

Hot Wine (yep, that is the name on his kennel card) came in with Awol and Star.  A 10 year old male, he is shy but really curious.  Classic Mackey bloodlines.  He is on house N and we will get him out to run soon.

UPDATE August 31.  We ran Star in an 8 dog team today.  He is a strong boy that has several years left of good strong running.  He needs a gentle and kind hand for he isn't well socialized but he loved being in a team and running.

Star came in with Awol (who I couldn't get a picture of because she stays in his dog house) and Hot Wine.  He is a 10 year old male and on the shy side.  We have been told this is the classic Mackey bloodline.  So he is probably a great running dog just taken to the shelter because he probably couldn't keep up with the younger teammates.  We will run him soon.  He probably has a lot of life in him to run and be happy.  He is on house K.

UPDATE August 31.  We ran Tazz in and 8 dog team today.  He is a high energy boy (especially away from the shelter) who is very strong.  He is outgoing with a great personality although can be a little shy.  He ran pretty good.  He is not a fast dog and liked to trot.  He did crab a bit but a half harness would probably fix that.  We ran him in wheel.

Tazz has been at the shelter for a long time.  He is a very sweet boy with a nice personality.  He is fairly young.  He is on house M.  We will run him soon.

Update August.  Kenai has been pulled into foster care.  She will get a lot of running time and more individual attention.  She is still available for adoption through the shelter.

UPDATE March 23rd.  See Strawberry's write up.  These girls are fast.  You want a fast skijor team that would also make good pets to snuggle with in the house?  These are the girls for you.  They are both shy but given confidence and patience should blossom into wonderful girls.

UPDATE March 17th.  See Strawberry's report above.  Kenai was in lead with one of my speedy skijor dogs.  She did great.  She has that houndy bark and really was upset after her run when she saw the next team take off.  She wanted to go again.  She probably has a bit of a shorter stride than Strawberry but we were moving along at a very fast clip.  She was a bit distracted in lead because she has probably never been there and certainly never skijored before.  But overall she has tremendous potential.

Kenai is a 3 year old pointer mix with a very short coat.  She is a sweetheart that is timid but would love to be your skijor or mushing friend.  She would love to hike in the summer also.  She is not high strung but would need some good exercise.  She was turned in because the musher said she was too slow for his team.  I plan on taking her out soon.  I've seen many pointers that have come through the shelter saying they were too slow, but really, they are working too hard and not going fast enough!!!  Some top end speed pointers have come through the shelter. 

Update.  Polar's adoption fell through but she got to go to Kantishna this summer giving rides to tourists.  She will love that.  A gentle heart that people will love.

UPDATE March 31st.  Polar has a potential adopter!  She has been in foster care since she came back to the shelter and did great.  She did many rides, ran lead and also visited a Junior high school where everyone loved her.

Minnie is a Second Chance League dog that has been in a couple of different homes.  She was in a distance kennel first at the age of 2 years before that person decided not to run dogs much.  So Minnie was given to a sprint musher where she has been for the last couple of years.  But Minnie really doesn't want to be a sprint dog.  What Minnie would really love is to be a house dog with mushing and skijoring privileges.

She runs lead and knows Gee and Haw.  She has a beautiful gait and a nice trot.  She is housebroken and when she was first brought into the shelter she knew things like "sit" "shake" "down".  She loves to ride in a car and is a great passenger.  Minnie can be shy and a bit fearful of new situations but if you gain her trust and love she will never let you down.  She is affectionate and loving.  She can be insecure around other dogs but that can be worked through with patience and letting her know that bad things aren't going to happen to her.

She has a gorgeous white coat and large brown eyes.  She is 5 years old and 40 pounds.  She is healthy and just waiting for her right place to come along.