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http://inktrails.blogs.com

Proud pet parent of:

Sofia: 1/2 Siberian Husky, 1/4 Norwegian Elkhound, 1/4 Coyote
Ole: Norwegian Elkhound

How we met:

Sofia is a pup from a VERY Oops litter. Her mama was a red & white Siberian with blue eyes, who was let loose in the Manzano Mts. in New Mexico while in heat.
Ole is a rescue dog brought home to Alaska from the Lower 48 at great expense and also a great adventure!

Pet likes:

Sofia: loves to run run run and hunt.
Ole: loves FOOD, and doing and learning tricks.

Pet dislikes:

Sofia: being mauled by children
Ole: being separate from me

Actually, neither like to be away from me but Sofia handles it better. They both go to work with me every day.

Pet’s favorite spot:

Wherever I am.

Pet’s favorite toy:

Sofia has a golden lion tamarin stuffed toy. She loves "monkey" toys, and she never unstuffs them.

Ole doesn't have a favorite, though he is slightly partial to a stuffed moose toy.

Pet’s silliest habit:

Ole is not just an elkhound, he's an ELKLOWN. He's just about the silliest dog I've ever seen.

My pet is unique because:

Sofia is a coydog, so she is a dog-not-a-dog. She's very beautiful, very special, and quite brilliant. Sometimes it's more that she's inconveniently smart....such as when she got out of a locked campershell in a mere ten minutes to follow a passing dog....(I was inside a restaurant eating lunch). She has a mind of her own but she wants to please me, too.

I do not recommend, nor condone, the breeding of coy or wolf dogs. I think it endangers the dog, the community and the wild gene pool. They are very difficult to deal with and you have to be extremely dedicated to train them properly. Some are never stable. I took Sofia and her twin sister, Athena, in from the oops litter that a tenant had, and helped find homes for the rest of the pups. Sofia and Athena were the only coydogs. The rest were obviously sired by a golden. I did not know she was a coydog when I got her.

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Freezing Our Paws Off Up Here

It's been -40 for at least a week at my house. I've been out of the house about three times since before Christmas. I started my truck today to go into town because I'm out of dog food, and my transmission was so stiff I couldn't get it into neutral. I am going to get it going for sure tomorrow, as the forecast is for -25 to -40 for the HIGHS. Yes, you can make that Eeek face now...

The dogs are doing fine, as they get to eat moose meat while I'm out of dog food. Gosh, too bad, eh? ;-)

As for… Continue

Posted on January 4, 2009 at 6:26am —

Sofia and Ole Play

Head over to my blog to see story and pictures of Sofia and Ole playing in the snow.

Jean's Northern Niche

Here's the first picture to start you off:

Posted on March 15, 2008 at 1:00pm —

Yikes! It's 50° Today!

That's the temperature at my house. Down in town it's a little cooler, but holy moly FIFTY FREAKING DEGREES! That's SOOOOO WARM!! Snow is dripping and melting like mad. The roads are wet, instead of icy, but they'll be icy again soon enough and extremely slick as soon as all this water freezes tonight. Won't that be fun----NOT.

The Iditarod mushers are having a terrible time with the heat. Just so you know, it's supposed to be 20 BELOW zero right now, not 50 ABOVE! This is not… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2008 at 6:51pm — 10 Comments

Happy Weekend

I'm happy that it's finally the weekend. I am self-employed so I work like crazy for four days and have three-day weekends all the time. Meanwhile Miss Sofia relaxes in my bed.

Posted on February 29, 2008 at 2:31pm — 1 Comment

Hello from Alaska

Hello to all you ASPCA board folks! As you can see I have two northern breed dogs who love having snow to play in. I have a very well-established blog at… Continue

Posted on February 28, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

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At 11:59pm on December 9, 2009, Chelsea Ross said…: I have a 3 1/2 year old 1/2 German shepard mix that i havent been able to figure out what the other half is and after looking at your dog Sophia it helped me out some.... Take a look its crazy she is the closest I have seen!

At 8:03pm on April 13, 2008, clarissa & sunshine said…: omg it looks like my dog that died 3 year ago
i mean exacly like him

At 2:52pm on April 3, 2008, Robyn Arbogast said…: Yes, I looked at all your racing photo's !! One of these days I want to make it up to alaska. I want to drive up, and to take the ferry up too. Both of my huskies are getting older now, one is 14 1/2, the other about 10. But they still love the snow, and all the attention they can get. My older one has cancer too, but she's a fighter and is in no pain (as far as I can tell) Have a great day, I better get back to work !!

At 2:40pm on April 3, 2008, Jean McD said…: Hi Robyn, nice to meet you!

Sofia is half husky, Ole is purebred Norwegian Elkhound, just so you know he's NOT a husky, though he is a Northern dog. :-)

If you go to my blog, you can see some racing photos.

At 12:54pm on April 3, 2008, Robyn Arbogast said…: Hello Jean, My name is Robyn. Live in Washington state. Nice huskies you have there, and nice Pictures ! I also have huskies. ( Sky and Nishka ) One Siberian, and one from a montana humane society, mabye a little alaskan husky mix, My first dog, who has long since passed away, was McKenzie River / Aurohra husky (spelling?) I've always wanted to experience sled racing, maybe one day ! Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself, I'm looking forward to getting pictures of my own dogs on this website, but havent figured out how yet ! Once again , Good looking Huskies !!

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At 1:47pm on March 8, 2008, Malcolm said…: Thanks, Daphne is a cutie. Adopting her was one of the best things I've ever done and despite the hair she sheds all over my house (which drives me crazy), I wouldn't give her up for the world. And I rather think she feels the same way :-).