by northwapiti » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:40 am
My perfect Siberian was NorthWapiti's Grover - hands down the best dog I've ever owned. Moderate, tough, drive to spare. His daughter, Snickers, was working up to his high standards in harness when she passed on and I'm a huge fan of Crunchie (a Grover son) but he doesn't have the same head for lead his Daddy did.
The Professor of NorthWapiti CD, SDU, TT (aka Spud) was another GREAT Siberian.
Don't know that I can name a current dog that stands up to those 2, but I have a number of up and coming dogs that I think have tremendous potential.
The thing about AAS is that the trail is so unknown. I think a 'slugfest' will favor teams like Iten and Mackey - a hard, fast trail (which is very unlikely) will favor King and Linder.
All these guys know how to provide top notch dog care, so I don't think there will be many surprises there. Luck will factor into it alot, as will the trail.
I'm just glad I didn't lay out all that money to be there!!!!
As for handling. Are you speaking about at home in the yard?? I like someone that is motivated, a self starter, wants to learn, and loves dogs.
No, I see no difference in handling Alaskans vs. Siberians.
Karen