YQ1000: Vet Checks

Friday morning we took 21 dogs to kennel sponsor North Pole Veterinary Hospital for their Yukon Quest pre-race examinations. Because Allen is a veteran racer he is able to have vet checks done privately.



Dr Dawn Brown, who herself races sprint dogs, with the help of vet assistant Mara, thoroughly checked out our athletes from top to toe.


Spark gets checked while Commando waits patiently, "What are you writing Moira?", "I'm totally the best one aren't I?"

The checks include:
For more information you can check out the Yukon Quest website.

A number of our dogs have quite a history with North Pole Vet - the "Five" litter were cared for there when they were a few days old, Ginger later had surgery there, Outlaw and Clyde were born by cesarian section there and Mac had his salivary gland surgery there. Thanks to the North Pole team for being part of our team!