There are several ways to get yourself a team of dogs to run the Iditarod.  A person can lease or buy a team that is "ready to go".  Another musher has trained the team and often trains the rookie musher as well.  This is a nice option for someone who wants to run the Iditarod without the long-term financial and time commitment.  A person can also buy dogs from one or several mushers, train them themselves and take them to Iditarod.  Finally, a person can buy a few dogs, have puppies and train these dogs to eventually run the big race. 

We have been lucky enough to buy adult dogs, many with long-distance race experience, from a variety of successful mushers in Alaska.  We have had most of the dogs for 2-3 seasons, long enough for them to work with each other and Todd as a true team.  These are the dogs Todd has raced with the last two years; he will be running them in Iditarod.  In our kennel we also have 5 yearlings and 11 puppies.  We plan to have more puppies again this year.  These young dogs will become the core of our team over the next several years.

	The Iditarod Team		The Puppies
	The Yearlings