CANINE

Name: Miss Y

Age: 4

Male or Female: Female

Owner: Keaton Loebrich

Musher currently running this dog: Keaton Loebrich

Team Position(s): Leader

Number of completed Iditarod races: 0

Current Location: Downtown Anchorage at the Ceremonial Iditarod Start

Date: March 1, 2025

Temperature: 30f

 

 

What are his/her unique personality characteristics?

She is a very, very special dog, and she knows it. She’s so smart and intelligent, and she just picks up on things so quickly and learns so fast. She’s only four so she still has a bright future ahead of her. She’s one of my main lead dogs.
We put her in the lead early on just because she was so spazzy and chaotic. And we put her up front to get some speed out of her. And instantly her whole demeanor changed, she matured 10 years instantly and picked up on the leadership role on day one. She’s been in the lead for every race I’ve ran.
And it’s just been so special. In all the pictures, she’s always smiling. In the Quest this year, every picture that we got taken of us while we’re on the trail, she has this huge smile, and she’s jumping up and down. She’s jumping up and down and smiling. The coolest thing about everything has been people reaching out to us. They realize her personality from those pictures a little bit. The support that we get from fans now and just how much they love her really showcases just how much of a personality she has and how special she is. I got to limit myself from spoiling her. It’s really hard because I don’t want to ruin how good of a sled dog and how good of a lead dog she is. But it’s so hard not to bring her in every night and give her treats and cuddles. And she knows it, too, and she’s so smart. She’ll look at me like, “You know you want to bring me in.”
She came into heat while we were running the Quest… which is a little not ideal. But, at least she’s done now. But we really wanted to breed her this summer, so we’ll see when she comes back into heat because we definitely want puppies out of her. She’s a little bit higher maintenance. She’s got a little bit of a thinner coat, and she has some extra gear to keep her going down the trail, but she’s worth every ounce of maintenance we got to give her.

 

What is that litter’s “theme” name?…and other siblings’ names from that litter?

We didn’t get to name any of the dogs yet, so we can’t take credit. Or we can’t take the blame. Her and her sister, her sister is Cyber, she is Miss Y. They were named after Teslas.

What is the bloodline?

She is a Ken Anderson dog.

 

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