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BPO Introduction Forum => Introduce Yourself to the Forum => : Kristen August 12, 2005, 08:00:57 PM

: New Here
: Kristen August 12, 2005, 08:00:57 PM

Hi, I'm new here. I have 4 dogs at the moment. I'm a second generation dog musher, and I'm entering my first race (Jr. Yukon Quest) next year.
At the moment, I have 4 dogs.
Kaltag ("Kallie") is a Canadian Inuit dog/Malamute mix.
Sherwen and Tyrone are Alaskan huskies.
Jacques is a Bichon frise.
Here's a picture of the team:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/KoyKSDKennels/blogpic.jpg)

: Re: New Here
: Nina August 12, 2005, 08:12:16 PM

OHH I love your dogs, and good luck in your race!


Nina

: Re: New Here
: Good Hope August 12, 2005, 09:47:35 PM

Hi Kristen,

Your dogs are wonderful! Great stories too. I'm new too, but everyone here makes you feel right at home. Within a week or two, you won't be feeling like the new kid on the block.

Good luck with your race, post often esp. pics.

Deena

P.S. Let's see that Bischon too!

: Re: New Here
: LuvmyMal August 13, 2005, 05:43:51 PM

Beautiful dogs! Welcome to the site, it will be great to have someone with mushing experience. I currently have a 6 1/2 month old mal, she will be 7 mos on the 18th and we are looking into her pulling as soon as she is old enough.

: Re: New Here
: arcticjoe August 16, 2005, 06:39:04 PM

Welcome, Iam pretty new here also, you have a really nice looking team.
I think you are going to like working with the mals, they should do well in the Quest.  Looking forward to hearing how they do.

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: TwoNewfies August 16, 2005, 07:02:30 PM

What a great gang you have!  We want to see the pics of the bichon too :)
Best of luck in the upcoming race!  Keep us posted on how it goes.

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: Bear August 16, 2005, 07:05:44 PM

Welcome!

: Re: New Here
: Kristen August 17, 2005, 12:37:08 PM

Thanks for the welcome  ;D.
Arcticjoe, so far I'm pretty pleased with Kallie. I haven't seen a centimeter of slack in her tugline and she responds to her commands near perfectly. If most Mals are like that, I think that I'd love more.
I added a picture of Jacques. He wants to be a sled dog when he gets big, lol.
The other dog is my neighbor's Sibe mix, Gayla. I'm going to see if I can borrow her this winter. She was originally a stray, picked up and trained by a musher, and then given to my neighbor. She's a bit fat, but she seems to respond to training really fast (I think that she's glad to be out of the backyard to tell you the truth!).

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: newflvr August 17, 2005, 05:19:17 PM

Welcome from the Newfs and me!  Your dogs look amazing and please let us know how you all are doing training for the race.  The Bichon may surprise us all!!!! ;D