With winter right around the corner we felt it appropriate to share one of our all time favorite winter videos of Puck as a puppy, doing what he loved to do most as a little one. #puckthedog #denalinps #moondogkennel #winter
Dogs love blueberry picking too! Enjoy this video of the Moon Dogs wagging as they berry pick. #happydogs #berrypicking #moondogkennel
Tundra, “It’s squishy!”. #tundra #offthebeatenpath #booklocal #moondogkennel
Spring days in the interior. #nobugs #moondogkennel #spring #springinalaska #tundrawalk #visitslaska #discoverdenali #tundranap #mossbed
Milk Bones on the River
Throwback Thursday to where our hearts long to be. #costcomilkbones #dogtreatsfordays #dogtails #expedition #wintertravel #moondogkennel
Proud dog parent moment! On my last personal trip out west (Brian and I have been taking turns doing shorter 3 day solo trips with the dogs) Paz brought me to tears with her confidence and trail memory out west. She had not been this far out since last year, nailed every tree crossing and did it all off her memory. All of our dogs are incredible especially dogs like Paz that can not only lead but memorize hundreds of miles of trails and take open country commands like she can! #denalinps #moondogkennel #findyourpark
We consider winter to be the great equalizer here in the interior. By this we mean that summer is relatively warm, the weather is fair and minus the bugs in the early season, it is quite pleasant. Winter is a whole other beast! This video from a prior run is a small window into what it is like to live in the interior during the winter months. #windstorm #groundblizzard #snowdogs #moondogkennel #winter #winterinalaska #winterintheinterior
A look into how the Moon Dogs commute back home after our morning kennel tour. #moondogkennel
Have you met our oldest dog Captain Ahab? If you haven't met this special guy let us introduce him!
Ahab is turning 19 years old this month and continues to amaze us with his mobility, love of life and will to keep on moving. We have had several dogs live to 18 years old in good health but Ahab is our longest living kiddo.
Every morning he hops around with the other 8 oldies asking us to let him out for his a.m. potty break and yard sniffs.
He holds his own at feeding time, racing around waiting his turn to pick the best bowl of food (all the bowls are the same) but he gets to pick his favorite each day.
While walking him last night we were brought to tears at his drive to keep on moving, experiencing and loving the life that he lives.
We often look to Ahab as an example of living present and enjoying the little things in life as those are the things that will keep us moving forward.
#captainahab #moondogkennel
Here, we navigate the Toklat narrows, a pinch point on the river. This season the short canyon run was much more circuitous than previous winters. The river pushed us up and over the rocks and back down onto slanted ice towards open holes. Coming through the second time the water levels had dropped and the river was no longer level with the bridge we used to cross the open channel. What a relief! We rarely encounter moments such as this that we call "no fall zones" but whatever nature throws our way we have always been able to find a route through. Sometimes that route is more difficult than we had originally imagined. Titan kept us safe and hugged the left shoulder of the river just like we asked him to. So proud of the team during moments like this on trail! #moondogkennel #denalinps #denalinationalpark #toklatriver #riverrunning
Caly has a playful personality and encourages even the most serious of dogs in a game of tag. #bestfriends #dogslife #moondogkennel