[Trdma-l] FW: looking for AK sled dog

Tue Jun 19 11:55:33 PDT 2007


>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:25:00 -0800
>From: Erin McLarnon <erin-pcorp at alaska.com>
>Subject: FW: looking for AK sled dog
>To: erin-pcorp at alaska.com
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>Hello!  See message all the way at the 
>end.  Someone in Anchorage is looking for a sled 
>dog and they really seem to know what they would like.
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>Enjoy the day,
>Erin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Allison [mailto:David.Allison at matsugov.us]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:20 AM
>To: Erin McLarnon
>Subject: FW: looking for AK sled dog
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>Hi,
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>Know any one who needs to find a home for a 
>dog.  I spoke to this person yesterday and she 
>seems to know what she would like.
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>Dave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cheryl Curtis [mailto:ccurtis at alaska.net]
>Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 3:16 PM
>To: David Allison
>Subject: looking for AK sled dog
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>Dear Dave,
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>Thanks for talking with me regarding Alaska Sled 
>dogs today.  As we discussed, I am emailing you 
>below with some information about the type of 
>dog I am looking for and what I need.
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>I am looking for a short hair Alaska Sled dog, 
>to run recreationally skijoring and 
>bikejoring.  We run an average of 3 to 7 miles 
>almost every day, usually on the flatter trails 
>around Anchorage.  Occasionally we might run 
>something like the Russian River trail or the 
>Resurrection trail, but mostly it is just around 
>town on the Tour of Anchorage trail or Run Rover, etc.
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>My biggest need is for a good steady puller, one 
>who likes to run and keeps the line tight.  I 
>need a dog for a cardiac assist device.  I am 
>limited in how much I can help the dog by poling 
>or skating or pedaling.  The dog has to do most 
>of the work pulling me.  We will never be 
>serious racers because of my limitations.  But a 
>good dog who can be a steady puller and help me 
>keep up with my ski and bikejor buddies would be 
>such a help.  The people we run with have 
>Alaskan Sled dogs, and when I run one of their 
>dogs they are all very capable of pulling me along the trails.
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>A dog that doesn’t constantly lunge while 
>waiting to go is important.  Some of the 
>stronger ones who repeatedly lunge while waiting 
>to go manage to knock me over before we get 
>going, and then I am too short of breath to get 
>us all back together.  Also, a dog who wanted to 
>attack others on the trail wouldn’t work, 
>because I would get too short of breath keeping them separated.
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>I am looking for a dog about 3 years old, young 
>enough so that it will have some healthy pulling 
>years, yet with perhaps a calmer 
>temperament.  In some situations a dog around 55 
>pounds or less could be an advantage.  I have 
>been able to lift or move my 55 pound dog if the 
>situation calls for something like that, but I 
>probably couldn’t do that with one that was much larger.
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>I live in an Anchorage neighborhood with a 5’ 
>high fenced dog yard.  If the dog is adaptable 
>to being indoors, it would be spending a lot of 
>time inside, or out and about with 
>me.  Sometimes it would have to be able to stay 
>outside on its own without making so much noise 
>that the neighbors complained.  If it is an 
>escape artist or needs to be chained while outside that can be arranged.
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>I have one 55 pound female dog about 4 years old 
>who the dog would be living with.   My dog is 
>very interested in other dogs, and seems to usually get along well with them.
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>Please feel free to email me with any leads, or any questions.
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>My name is Cheryl Curtis, 328 Gaylene Circle, 
>Anchorage,  in case you look again for the 
>application.  I have a 5 foot fenced yard.  My 
>dog goes both inside and outside the house, and 
>we run skijoring and bikejoring recreationally, 
>probably an average of 3 to 7 miles, almost 
>every day.  Mostly I need a dog who will keep 
>the line tight, who likes to pull, who could get 
>along with my dog.    Doesn’t have to be 
>fast.  We will never race, but liking to pull 
>and keeping the line tight is a huge plus.   If 
>it were enthusiastic enough to help even a 
>little on the hills that would be 
>super.  Currently I have to either run on 
>flatter trails, or else borrow dog power from 
>somebody else if we run any hills.
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>If the new dog will stay in my fenced yard it 
>could be free in the back yard, and if the fence 
>wasn’t enough to keep it inside I could tie it 
>while it is in the yard.  I live in an Anchorage 
>neighborhood, and while the dog would spend a 
>lot of time with me assuming it could come 
>inside when I’m home, it will also have to stay 
>outside when I go to a movie or run an 
>errand.  So it would need to be able to stay 
>outside with my other dog without constantly howling and barking.
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>A calmer dog could be good, I’m thinking maybe 
>one who is over the puppy/young dog 
>exuberance.  When I hook up to a dog, the 
>stronger racing dogs who constantly lunge before 
>they start running don’t work for me because 
>they pull me over and it is hard for me to get 
>back up.  But some of the racing dogs who are a 
>bit past their prime – who know how to keep the 
>line tight and stick to business, work out 
>really well.  I guess I’m hoping for maybe a 3 
>or 4 year old, unless it is an exceptionally 
>calm younger one.  I do want a dog young and 
>healthy enough that it will be able to pull me 
>for some years before old age/medical problems 
>become a factor.  I am looking for a short hair 
>dog so that it won’t overheat so much when we 
>run in the summer.  My dog is a mix with 
>Siberian characteristics, and we always plan our 
>runs around stream/river locations so she can 
>cool down, but I think I’d get more out of a 
>short hair dog when it is warmer.
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>I have one person who helps handle the dogs, who 
>has a preference for females, so I would give 
>females extra consideration.  I can comfortably 
>manage my dog who weighs in at 55 pounds, but I 
>hope I will find one that is smaller or at least not much bigger.
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--Scott
President, Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association
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