New Sponsor

Special thanks to our new sponsor VFW Golden Heart Post 3629 to their donation. Without local support we could not make it to our goal.

Training in Paxson

Jason went down to the Paxson area for a training run only to experience high winds and soft trails. It was a great training experience for the dogs. Jason is extremely pleased with the performance of the team during his training runs. The stories he returned with were exciting and full of challenges. The trail was blown in and the snow berms were side hilled 5-6 feet in places. At one point the lead dogs disappeared from sight. He anchored down the team only to find Roy and Murtle had jumped off the guard rail and were dangling in their harnesses. He had to pull them up about 7 feet to safety. I told him he was lucky to have dogs that loved him enough to jump off a cliff for him. He was proud of his dogs for really shining and pulling through without a hitch. Another great chance for training and getting the dogs on new trail, different conditions and terrain, and camping on straw.

We also picked up two new dogs from Michelle Phillips to fill out our team. Frog is a large male that is only best described as a maniac. He is a very hard worker and loves to eat. Pixie is a smaller female that runs professional swing and is a sweet heart. Both dogs fit excellent in to our team. We have been battling injuries in our small kennel and the two new additional fill out the team beautifully. Special thanks to Michelle and Ed Hopkins.

TRDMA Solstice100

The Two Rivers Dog Mushing Association hosted the Solstice 100 Dec 17, 2011. It was an exciting start to our race season and a great chance to get the dogs on some straw and in the race atomosphere. It was a bit warm for a December race, but the team really shined placing 5th out of 12 teams. We escaped the race with no injuries to dogs or self which is also a plus on an especially hard trail. Special thanks to all that helped us get to the race and during the race.
At the finish of the Solstice 100. Photo courtesy of Mariska Wright.

Wounded Warrior Project

Slo-n-Eazy Kennel is owned and operated by Jason Weitzel and his wife Susan Allmeroth. Jason is gearing up to run the 2012 Yukon Quest which is a 1000 mile International sled dog race. Both Jason and his wife are veterans dedicated to raising awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project. Jason is donating half of his winnings to and attempting to raise $10,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. Jason has register his run as a Sponsored Event to the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP).

The Yukon Quest race starts in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska at 11:00 am on the Chena River and finishes approximately 10-14 days later in Whitehorse, Canada on the Yukon River. The finish and award banquet will be held on 18 Feb in Whitehorse, Canada.We encourage anyone to join us at the start, middle, or finish of the race to cheer our team on and spread the word that we are trying to raise both awareness and funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.

The purpose of the WWP is :

• To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members.
• To help injured service members aid and assist each other.
• To provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members

All donations for the WWP can be made here:
https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/individual-fundraising/yukonquest2012/.  Please help us reach our goal and support the wounded warriors so that they are not forgotten.

Brrrrrrr It's Cold out There

 

Synchoronized sled dog eating. Now if that was a sport we would nail the competition. It is great to see the doggies coming back from some longer runs and hitting the food right away. Jason is running a lot of 35-40 mile runs right now and trying to keep the dogs up on miles and healthy during this unseasonable November cold snap. We are seeing alot of -40 and -50 below zero tempertures and setting records here in the Fairbanks area. Hoping that it is not a theme for the winter and it warms back up and spits out a lot more snow. We are working really hard on keeping all the dogs very healthy and nice and fat. Jason has moved to running the sled, which means more work for him until we get more snow, but at least he can stay warmer on the sled. Also he can't stop the sled with all 16 dogs he is training with such low snow right now, which means he has broken the yard up into 3 teams and running a 2 on 1 off schedule. Again a special thanks to all supporting us and we will see you on the trail.