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My website or blog:
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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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 15th, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments (Add)

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 7th, 2008 at 6:51pm — 10 Comments (Add)

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 29th, 2008 at 2:31pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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 28th, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments (Add)

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At 8:03pm on April 13th, 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 3rd, 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 3rd, 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 3rd, 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 8th, 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 :-).
At 6:53pm on March 7th, 2008, Vonnie said…
HELLO & WELCOME!!!
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