I drooled over Bob Chulpach's Z girls and leaped for joy when he agreed to send them to me.  It was the same leap Zoee did when she got out of her crate.  She is exuberant on and off the trail and can run in any team position. 

Born:  September 15, 2006 

She was bred to Asia and is the dam of SecondWinds Ice Blue.

It can be difficult to tell the difference between Zoee and Zuni.  Zuni has a slightly more reserved temperament but bold in the yard and on the trail.  These sisters pair up on the team with the same size and stride.

 Zunie is running lead.  She is quick to learn commands and not timid about reinforcing them.

With striking cool eyes I could only call her Ice.  She has her mothers friendly personality and enjoys racing the adults around the yard.  I had some of my best laughs this year harness breaking her and Twix. 

 Born: April 14, 2009

 

I admired this girl from the first time I saw her as a young pup. She is a whirl wind in the yard and was a whirl wind to harness break.  Submissive to other dogs, she is bold on the trail.   

 Her sire, Skor, was a great leader for Karen Ramstead and is now leading at Kelim kennel.. 

 

Lucy lead an open team for Bob Chlupach.  Her mother, Sue, was one of his best. 

 Lucy is friendly and settled right into the dog yard.  Her name should have been Rocket.  Our first run together was a fast white knuckler.  She loves to lope and pushes the team to the next level.  Looking forward to racing next season.

She is mostly Siberian Husky and some Alaskan from Ross and Sandy Saunderson.

 

Chandler is a gas pedal with lots of drive.  He runs in lead position, lines out and takes the majority of my commands.  Goes confidently past anything on the trail including loose dogs, snowmobiles and wild life.

He is a shy dog who wants attention on his terms. 

 

Born:  December 6, 2006

 His mother is one of Bob Chlupach's favorite leaders and his sire is one of my favorite leaders.   Jam appears to be a sleeker version of his father and full of promise.  Easily harness broken, he stretched out down the trail and didn't look back.  Jam took everything I gave him this season in stride.  This boys is loaded with potential. He is a littermate to SecondWind's Home Brewed.

He is named for my favorite lunch sandwich and becoming one of my favorite pups

Born:  March 23, 2009

His mother is one of Bob Chlupach's favorite leaders and his sire is one of my favorite leaders.  He is a littermate to SecondWinds PBJ and favors his mother in appearance.  Fisher is sleek, fast and friendly.  His dark almond shaped eyes make him difficult to photograph.   

Like his sibling, he looked down that trail and never looked back.

His name comes from beer my father made in crocks in our basement when I was young.  The recipe came from his French ancestors in Ft Kent Maine.  He was a micro brewer before it was micro brewing! 

Born: March 23, 2009

 

Bristol is the lead dog everyone dreams about.  He came to me from Judy Currier and led her Jr Yukon Quest team. 

 

His sire, Magiek, was a well known lead dog.  Bristol has his sires leader talents and loves attention.  He is the first to jump on his dog house and wait for hugs.

 

Bristol can be steered with your voice and his responses are incredibly quick and confident.  Due to his age he is retired from the team.  If I ever have another dog with his leader talents I will be the most fortunate musher on the trail !
 

Word reached me through Karen Ramstead and Kim and Kelly Berg that Skykomish was available from Bob Chulpach.  I leaped to my computer to send Bob an email and Sky was on his way to me!  It was the beginning of a relationship with Bob which left me wanting more dogs.

 

To my eye, Sky is the dog described in the first Siberian standard.  He is the color of Kreevanka with the fox type face that was described in the original Siberian Husky standard.  His proportions are my ideal with single tracking front and rear.  He is a little shy for the show ring, otherwise, you would see him there as well as on my team.  

 

Sky is a gee / haw leader and won RWD at the Canadian National Specialty. 

Sky is now running teaching pups and leading a team for Colleen Pritcher.

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