Name: Gunnar
Age: 2
Male or Female: Male
Owner: Mitch Seavey
Musher currently running this dog: Gerhardt Thiart
What Team Position(s) does it run? He’s part of the two year… the puppy team…on a training run. He runs position anywhere from lead, swing, point, team, wheel, anywhere. I don’t have a fixed position. I train them to run everywhere on the team.
Number of completed Iditarod races? This will be his first, if he stays sound. Yeah, this is his first.
Current Location: McGrath, Alaska
Date of Photo: March 10, 2022
Temperature: 19F Outside
What are his/her unique personality characteristics?
Gunner’s personality is in his head. These are all two year olds. In his head, I think he’s the most child. He likes to play. He’s very soft. He’s very good natured, hard worker. He’s also the tallest dog on his team. He likes to play, but he’s got this quirk when he runs. When he gets bored, he looks at his partner and bumps him with his head and starts barking at him like, “Talk to me now, I’m bored running.” Or he’ll grab the gang line and starts shaking it just from being bored. That’s what I can tell you about Gunner right now.
What is that litter’s “theme” name?…and other siblings’ names from that litter?
Gunner’s brother is Magnus, and then he’s got two sisters Astrid and Saga. And I don’t know how… there is a theme. But I haven’t asked Mitch what the theme is actually. So the theme, I just know they were a litter of four, Gunner, Magnus and Astrid and Saga.
What is the bloodline?
Bloodlines, I’m taking a wild guess here. The mother, I’m not so sure, but I think the dad can either be Keys or Crew, which was on Mitch’s team, I think, when he took the record in 2017.