In my ongoing attempts to show you the dogs that I work with (previous post here), here are a few more.

First up is Rosie. While she’s an Alaskan Husky, she was born with a congenital defect that causes her to wheeze uncontrollably when she exerts herself for too long, so she’s not a sled dog. She basically hangs out and runs around the yard.

Next we have Alex. She’s a funny dog, in that she looks like this (worried/unamused/mad, to anthropomorphize a little) most of the time, but she totally perks up when she’s getting fed or when it’s time to hookup to the sled.

This is Iceworm, brother of Whistler down below. We think he looks a little like Princess Leia, with his ear “buns.” He puts his nose right on mine, and stares at me with those wide open ice-blue eyes.

Boogles is one of the largest dogs in the yard, and also one of the strongest. I made a mistake while trying to put his harness on a couple of weeks ago (put only my index finger through his collar ring), and he jumped off his house before I could correct it, nearly breaking my finger. It still hurts, but I don’t make the same mistake anymore.

Motley is spotted, like a leopard. He also has two-tone eyes, as you can see. He’s very sweet, and dances back and forth on his paws when he sees me coming towards him for pets.

Rocket looks like he’s giving you the stink-eye here, but that’s just his face. He loves getting petted, but doesn’t get along with other male dogs at all. He once got so excited to be harnessed, he pooped on his house as I put the harness over his head. Usually he waits until he’s on the hookup line to go, but this was the first harnessing of the winter after all summer off, and…I’d probably have pooped myself as well?

Whistler, brother of Iceworm above (can you see the resemblance?), has the greatest expressions of all the dogs in the yard. He also has the best bark/howl that I’ll be sure to get video of. This one is what I call the “I’m a shyyy doggie” pose.

This one is “Omigosh, here you come! Pets/Food/Sled Run???”