CANINE

Name: ELIAS
Age: 7
Owner: JESSIE ROYER
Musher currently running this dog: JESSIE ROYER
Team Position(s): ELIAS IS A GREAT LEAD DOG, BUT I DON’T TYPICALLY USE HIM IN LEAD MUCH IN TRAINING. HE GETS KIND OF BORED WITH IT, I THINK.  BUT YET, IN THE RACE HE IS AMAZING. AND I’VE HAD HIM ON STORMS IN THE COAST AND HE IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD IN THE STORMS. AND BOTH CHILKAT AND ELIAS RAN ACROSS THE FINISH LINE LAST YEAR AND WERE AWESOME IN JUST WIND AND STORMS.  AND IT JUST DOESN’T SEEM TO BOTHER THEM
Number of completed Iditarod races: 2
Current Location: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 21, 2019
Temperature: 45F / OUTDOORS

What are his unique personality characteristics?

HE’S A GREAT LEAD DOG, BUT HE’S NOT AS HAPPY AS CHILKAT.  I DON’T KNOW. HE’S KIND OF GRUMPY SOMETIMES. HE’S A VERY, VERY SWEET DOG TOO, BUT HE’S ALWAYS KIND OF GOT A KIND OF GRUMPY LOOK ON HIS FACE. DEFINITELY LOTS OF CHARACTER. HE’S A UNIQUE DOG, TOO

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. HIS 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