CANINE

Name: CHILKAT
Age: 7
Owner: JESSIE ROYER
Musher currently running this dog: JESSIE ROYER
Team Position(s): ANYWHERE IN THE TEAM, BUT A GOOD LEAD DOG.
Number of completed Iditarod races: 4
Current Location: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 21, 2019
Temperature: 45F / OUTDOORS

What are his unique personality characteristics?

SHE’S SUPER SWEET.  SHE’S LIKE A BIG TEDDY BEAR.  SHE’S SO GREAT ON THE COAST.  SHE’S NOT A GREAT EVERYDAY LEAD DOG, BUT SHE’S AN AWESOME COAST LEAD DOG; BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET IN STORMS,  AND WIND AND WHITEOUT, I THINK SHE DOESN’T EVEN NOTICE BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MUCH HAIR. IT DOESN’T BOTHER HER A BIT. SHE’S JUST HAPPY, HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND IS JUST HAPPY WHEN SHE GOES THROUGH THE STORMS.

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

RANGES. SO THERE’S ONLY 4 IN THE LITTER. CHILKAT AND BROOKS WERE THE 2 GIRLS AND WRANGLE AND ELIAS WERE THE 2 BOYS.

What is the bloodline?

ACTUALLY MY WHOLE TEAM IS RELATED, EVEN THOUGH ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE MORE HAIR THEY ARE RELATED TO EVERYTHING ELSE ON MY TEAM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE HAIR CAME FROM. HER MOTHER WAS A DOG NAMED TESSA AND TESSA FINISHED, I THINK, MULTIPLE – 7 IDITARODS WITH ME. AND TESSA WAS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF ELMER, DOUG SWINGLEY’S LEADER WHEN HE WON IDITAROD; SO KIND OF A LONG LINE OF IDITAROD DOGS THERE