At the beginning of April, we welcomed four new dogs to our yard. Their lineage is from Russia and Baffin Island. The long legs and thick coats of these Polar Alaskan Huskies makes them ideal studs for future breeding in our yard. We are very excited to get this wonderful donation from our friend Mille Porsild. Thanks Mille!
We have six new staff members joining the winter team. Katie Dyer, Trevor McGinnis, Lance, Justin, and Christina Richard will be new Winterns and Emily Shames is joining as an Assistant Instructor. We are very excited to have such an impressive incoming crew!
Taking care of a dog (much like caring for another human) is a full-time job. Taking care of 70+ dogs is an impossible task for one person to do alone. We are exceptionally lucky to have so many people that go above and beyond to help, even when it isn’t their job.
I want to send out a special thanks to Mandi Bendel for all her help this summer keeping our dogs happy! To Rachel Hedlund, Andrea Doerr, Sammie Kapaun, and Eric Messerschmidt for picking up the pieces when needed (and it’s often needed). And to Ben Rutherford for jumping in with enthusiasm to help get things ready for the winter.
To everyone else who I know I am forgetting, to anyone that has stopped by to say hello or gone in and given a late-night pet to the dogs, I thank you. Voyageur Outward Bound School thanks you. And above all, our dogs thank you.
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