My friends Bryan French and Tim Bates founded Duluth Folk School earlier this year. I'm constantly thinking of great ways to promote our sled dog sport and the kennel locally. With all the great athletes (human) in this town and our dog friendly city it seemed a perfect fit for the new school and us. Bryan [...]
Most large race teams that run ten plus canine athletes are breeding a litter or two each year while others prefer not to raise pups an purchase dogs from top mushers. We also need to put some puppies on the ground in order to feed young blood into the race team. In our experience, [...]
Congratulations Rebecca! By Sally O’Sullivan Bair Rebecca Knight of Basalt, Colorado, is the newly chosen North American Continental Director to join of the IFSS (international Federation of Sleddog Sports) council. She will serve a two-year term, replacing Russ Gregory of Alberta, Canada. The North American Continental Director is chosen from either Canada or the US, [...]
It's that time of year again for one of the greatest sprint races in North America, the Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race held in Fairbanks, AK this coming weekend March 18, 19, and 20th. Three days of racing from some of the best Open Class teams in the World. Each year I do [...]
How does a one man operation handle a family of fourteen, a production crew of nine, two local news stations, and two support staff. Take them dogsledding of course! Reality TV TLC Celebrities "The Willis Family" was in town performing at the Duluth Boat, Sport, Travel, and RV Show last week and decided to visit the [...]
