RAMEY SMYTH IDITAROD 2009 ::: BECCA MOORE YUKON QUEST 2009
RAMEY SMYTH
2008 IDITAROD
BECCA MOORE
2008 YUKON OUEST
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Ramey Smyth into Nome in 9th place
8 Days 10 Hours 17 Minutes 52 Seconds
Welcome to Nome!



Welcome to
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Hello! Many of you have emailed asking for a few new photos and some updates on what has been happening at the kennel this summer. Thanks for writing and I hope you like the photos.

This past summer was very productive and it certainly flew by. Early spring we took advantage of the lingering snow in the mountains and I did a little camping and training trip with the young dogs. I think it paid off because they are doing really well to date with their fall training efforts. I had 24 dogs on the week long trip. The snow was a bit soft and the days were warm but the dogs received a lot of benefit from the runs.


The calendar also included autograph signings and rides.
  • Ramey was invited to the new super Wal-Mart’s grand opening to make an appearance and sign photos.
  • Ramey was invited to the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce Luncheon and was presented with a plaque from Outdoors and More Sporting Goods listing his achievements.
  • Ramey was invited to the Division of Forestry’s Open House. Babe and Scott also attended and enjoyed all the petting and attention.
  • Ramey and I attended the Wal-Mart Employee Appreciation picnic and gave a ride to the lucky winner!
  • Ramey was also one of the panel speakers at the 1st Annual Sled Dog Mini-Symposium held in Willow.





DOG TRUCK GETS A MUCH NEEDED PAINT JOB
We spruced up the dog box this summer with a new coat of paint!


Thank you's
We want to thank Nancy’s Yogurt, Dr. Barbara Doty, Ricardo Diez and Don Teed for sponsoring us last season!! Thank you so much!



Ava picking up harnesses

TRAINING...
We took advantage of the cool mornings of late summer. The dogs were well rested and ready to start getting serious again. We were all ready to get started again! Ava became the official harness picker-upper which proved quite helpful after running dogs all day. There are many age groups currently in training. We have all the veterans from last year’s teams (ages 4 to 11) plus the addition of many two year olds. The new group is fitting in quite well with the running styles of the older dogs. They are a super enthusiastic group of very hard workers. It will be nice to get on snow and start running with sleds so we can start really traveling again with the dogs. Our kennel is very very lucky to have Pam Aviza, She has been handling for us on her days off for over a year now. She takes care of the kennel when we’re away, helps with food drop, picks up dropped dogs, has been helping with fall training (very muddy, gritty, wet days), and will be running some puppies this winter. She will also be handling on the Quest this winter.

Carrot and Thea ready to
lead the team
Tight tugs!
Pam helping hook up a team


Ava shows off her new Homestretch Kennel shirt that she got from our good friends and super sponsors Steve Ripp and Carol Spicuzza.

So far so good. It looks like winter has arrived. Now let’s hope the temperature stay nice and cold. We’re all excited for a good season. Ramey is signed up for Iditarod 2009 and I’m signed up for the Yukon Quest. We plan on getting in some mid-distance races too.












































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