The Lanier Way...
Jim Lanier has raised and trained with sled dogs for 35 years. He has fielded sled dog teams to run 14 Iditarod's. Not once has he and his team had to scratch, or fail to finish a race. In that time, Lanier has always maintained at least at 30 dog kennel.
Northern Whites dogs stay here for its entire life, or they are adopted out too good homes with humans who will give them a comfortable and loving retirement. There is NO culling ever!
Each musher applies his own take on training sled dogs. No musher is alike in his or her methods. Lanier's philosophy on the making of a good distance sled dog is this:
One bit of sage advice from Lanier: "The Best leaders always stand out in a hundred dogs."
To find out why the kennel is named "Northern Whites," click here.
Northern Whites dogs stay here for its entire life, or they are adopted out too good homes with humans who will give them a comfortable and loving retirement. There is NO culling ever!
Each musher applies his own take on training sled dogs. No musher is alike in his or her methods. Lanier's philosophy on the making of a good distance sled dog is this:
- Make sure the puppies are handled by humans, big and small and in between, as often as possible right from birth.
- Let children play with the puppies, so they are friendly and used to kids.
- Let them run free as they are growing up. In other words, let puppies be puppies and enjoy life.
- Take each dog on individual walks before they ever get hooked up to a team.
- When they are ready to hooked up as a team, start by connecting them up, and walk a way for awhile. Letting them sit on the line trains them to be calmer when ready to go, rather than pulling or jumping at the line, and going crazy.
One bit of sage advice from Lanier: "The Best leaders always stand out in a hundred dogs."
To find out why the kennel is named "Northern Whites," click here.