A bit more about Chief...

Thought I'd write a little about Chief so we all know a little more about him...

Chief is a 9 month old male Malamute. He was bred for show and temperament. He is approximately 35 kg's at present (a trip to the vet's in the week will confirm this) and I reckon his adult weight will be somewhere around the 38-40 kg's mark. He is a wolf grey and white and has slightly longer fur than Indi, although still well within the breed standard. At the moment, one of his ear's hasn't "come up". When Malamute's are born, their ears are folded down. Normally by the time they are a few months old, their ears stick up. Chief's has yet to do that and I think at 9 months, is unlikely to now. No problem for me (or him) but he could not be shown like that I don't think. You can get some plastic inserts to put in the ear to try and encourage them up but I don't think I'll be doing that! It's likely that he has damaged it whilst he was a pup, perhaps from an over-exuberant play fight...

His KC name is Koldsnap Crakerjack, changed to also add the affix of the breeders he was sold to. He is a lovely natured lad, very gentle, placid and laid-back, pretty much the opposite of Indi - let's hope opposites attract!

My intention is to run both him and Indi on the Kickbike and perhaps a rig at some point. Maybe, if they get good, I might enter into some rallies...who knows. He's still too young to be doing any serious pulling anyway, the recommendation is to not start them until they are at least 12 months old. Unfortunately though, that will be in summer so Chief's pulling days won't start until the end of the year I suspect.

Anyway, I'll write more about Chief as we get to know him. I hope he's now found his forever home with us...