Movin' On

Blogger has been swell, but we've moved! HPK is now at:
http://hodgepodgekennel.wordpress.com/

Dog Dance

Oreo

Oreo is a 10 year old sprint dog from Rex Jones lines. He is just awesome all around: very friendly and happy, loves everybody, mostly well behaved. He does tend to chew up stuff, but oh well. Oreo has always seemed super healthy, but several weeks ago this tumor popped up overnight out of his hind leg:






Our vet said it's very malignant and is a highly aggressive cancer. The pathologist report wasn't bad, but she said the sample was too ulcerated to tell for sure (Oreo bit into the thing, which didn't help. So Oreo underwent surgery; tissue had to be removed from 3 inches all around. He is healing up beautifully. Hopefully the thing won't grow back.

CHARLIE ADOPTED!!

Charlie got adopted yesterday, October 1st, to a good home :)
Best of luck to Charlie and his new owner!

Charlie Needs a Home

Charlie is a big, handsome youngster at Fairbanks Animal Control. He arrived with 9 of his friends and relatives; their owner had to move suddenly for her job. Charlie is only 22 months old. He's underweight right now at 82 pounds...and he also will fill in more as he matures.
Charlie is physically very strong, and will need a strong handler. He is probably too big and boisterous for young children. Also, he is not good around cats. He is fine with other dogs however, and is playful.
Charlie does have a little mushing experience. Shelter volunteers Carol, Don and Leslie took him out for a run with a four-wheeler in an 8 dog team, and Charlie did well. He even ran up front a little bit and did a good job.







This is a big, friendly guy who is a lot of fun. He is good in the dogyard and likes visitors. He will give you his paw CONSTANTLY for attention, pat me! pat me! Very affectionate guy.





You can read more info on Charlie here:

Charlie



And you can see his siblings, Grandma, and kennelmates at:

www.fnsb.petfinder.org

The Kids Are Growing Up

You may remember the post about Junior, the puppy I got over the summer. He is now 11 months and grew some more. His coat turned more blonde, and his tail is now a big plume.
Another shelter puppy has come along; Casper was found in North Pole as a stray. He was adopted, but the new owner couldn't keep him due to landlord issues. So now he's here and having a blast playing with Junior! Casper just turned 5 months old.

Jerry

Jerry was a retired sled dog from a local resort. I rescued him this summer along with 4 other resort dogs who were too old to work anymore. Jerry was a handsome fellow, all white except for the brown on his ears. No one knew what his history was, except that he was a trained sled dog (and had no dew claws, so he was from a mushing breeder), and he didn't want to run anymore. Jerry was well socialized and nothing seemed to surprise him.

I noticed as winter started that he was experiencing a lot of pain when trying to stand. His hips were shot. Medications helped a little. I assisted Jerry going in and out of the house, or up the stairs. More recently he was in great pain and having more difficulty; for a while I put off the terrible decision. But yesterday it was finally time and I put him to sleep. The resort thinks he was 11 years old. I think he was about 9. Jerry was very good with our other dogs and had a gentle way about him.