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AI dog owners;

 

 

 

Here is a very nice older male AI dog looking for a good home with another AI dog in the family to run with. More pictures of him on our DWJ’s page under snow dogs & sled dog racing, very sweet boy.

 

 

 

We would like to offer Lakota to a good loving home & before going to the “older retired dog” waiting list of people we thought we would offer him to AI dog owners just for shipping expenses if shipped or gas & traveling expenses if driven.

 

 

 

He is now with Brian & Barb Gaskell that have been running him as their lead dog on their long distance sled dog team. They have had to give up sled dog racing & are trying to keep as many of their dogs as possible, but feel Lakota is so special he needs a family that can give him a little more attention & appreciate what a great dog he is.

 

 

 

Lakota is wonderful in the house and on a leash & is also good off leash … sticks with you & very loyal. He loves people attention, good with all other pets, dogs big & small and is very content with a good daily walk.

 

 

 

He is just so awesome and athletic, minds well & loves to pull & would excel at any type of sports, especially scootering or ski jorring. It would be nice to see him in an active home, but he would be very content with a more sedate lifestyle as well.

 

 

 

He is a young 8 years old a Sept 03 boy, neutered and up on all shots …. just a really nice fun loving guy, that could fit in with any family.

 

 

 

Kim la Flamme ~

 

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why are they getting rid of him . just cause he older ? he nice looking dog

 

 

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why are they getting rid of him . just cause he older ? he nice looking dog

 

They have had to give up sled dog racing & are trying to keep as many of their dogs as possible, but feel Lakota is so special he needs a family that can give him a little more attention & appreciate what a great dog he is.
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Darn, I wish I were in a better situation to get another dog, especially an older dog, and especially one that raced with Cassie's gg-grandpa! He sounds like a great dog, someone will be lucky to have him!

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Boy, he's so handsome. I think that for us, some day down the line, getting an older dog might be the way to go. Not now though!

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I had a quick question about the dogs like Lakota. He obviously is several generations ahead of the up n comers. He seems bigger than some but I don't mean just the thickness of his coat I mean wider head and snout little bigger paws.

 

Now I know what sets Kim apart is Outcrossing more than inbreeding like most other breeds. My question is are the dogs getting smaller as time goes by? Since all pups come with a spay/nueter contract that would mean only Kims breeders that he keeps back add to the gene pool. Every pup in a litter I think still has the same recessives but weren't some of the dogs in the past a little thicker boned, taller, or heavier? Does he ever worry about loosing some of the traits?

 

I know finding new blood to add to the gene pool gets harder with the passing years. Like getting Nova was a real blessing.

 

Any word of new prospects for adding to Kims AID gene pool.

 

(I hope that makes sense I have the question in my head just can't seem to lay it out. I mean no disrespect to Kims lifes work either. I wish there were more out there like Kim)

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He was doing a Northern Outcross, I believe, when I first met him. Now he is bringing the size back down toward some of the other lines.

 

I'll ask him for a comment.

 

Yes! There is some exciting news concerning new bloodlines that will be on the page on which we are working.

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He was doing a Northern Outcross, I believe, when I first met him. Now he is bringing the size back down toward some of the other lines.

 

I'll ask him for a comment.

 

Yes! There is some exciting news concerning new bloodlines that will be on the page on which we are working.

 

Do you mean he is bringing size into the current lines or bringing current lines down in size?

oooooooooooo :) cool - good things come to those that wait?

 

Can I guess? Did the ranger off the island of Nova Scotia send him another pup from over there or did his meeting with some central/south americans go well?

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hopefully no more cosmic rituals were required? :)

 

Hahaha.

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I think it depends on what time period you are referring to or when you first were introduced to the breed as to what types you saw at the time, plus your “eye”. Also pictures can be very deceiving as it’s normal for people to see color & there eye goes were it was used to seeing in the past = silver/gray; wolf or husky, golden red; fox … etc … winter coats summer coats. Most of the public looking at our web site see’s bigger than they are, we have often thought of putting size in inch’s next to each picture.

 

 

 

Example; looking at an AI dog in winter with longer gray/silver hair , a person see’s husky & large, but if you were at my (KIM’s) kennels you would see that the silver/gray dogs could be smaller than say a red (fox colored dog) that would normally look small like a fox. Seeing a small silver/gray dog next to a larger fox colored red dog … your eye does a double take & has to re-adjust to what it is not used to seeing. Just like with Lakota seeing him all puffed up “back bowed & rear legs pulling way under himself, pulling along with his Siberian team makes him appear bigger & he has also developed a thick longer coat in the cold snow he lives in.

 

 

 

Plus unlike other breeds there is much more diversity within our breed; range of size, range of color, range of personality. So within one litter you have a bigger range of all this. But there are some basic differences you can usually count on as a breed. Bigger feet than other breeds of the same size, (people see this in pups & think they will end up bigger) longer ears, not curled tails as in husky breeds, & when it comes to personality there are many obvious differences we won’t even attempt to get into here. (unless you have one it’s hard to understand) One reason why I (KIM) likes to pick for new owners personality to best fit there lifestyle. Rather than letting them pick for color etc … as the personality has a range also as we all know & no one (even if they think they can) knows them better than some one that has spent there life with them.

 

 

 

What makes Lakota a great lead dog is his loyalty, need to please you personality, like most AIDogs (there for puts everything into pulling to please you) compared to most modern husky breeds that have been bred for so many generations now to pull a sled away from you (this makes them automatically run away from you) when off leash. So the main thing with husky’s is training them on re-call that goes against there breeding.

 

 

 

Actually Lakota does not have much northern blood in him. With Dusty & Tonka it’s mostly southern & Common, he just happened to be a bigger pup of the litter & part of the reason I (KIM) gave him to the Gaskells for sled dog racing. They say they have never met a dog that loves to please you with his work ethics & so trainable & loyal at the same time. He would have been an Iditarod racers dream, as he encourages the entire team with his happy “let’s go” attitude & never gives up no matter how tired he gets … while listening to commands & thinking on his own all in one dog ----- that’s an AI dog for you ~

 

 

 

Kim La Flamme ~ founder/trustee of the AIDog breed for over 45 years -- www.indiandogs.com

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I think Shunka may be a bigger dog than some. he is definately bigger than some of his siblings. but he looks bigger even as a pup.

 

The length of his back is 24", between his ears he is 6", his snout is 6" long and he is 22" to the shoulder and over all to the top of his head he measures 31"

 

Would loved to have had Lakota, he is younger than Shunka by several years and I can really tell you they don't age as quickly as other dogs. When Shunka was a pup, he used to play with 7 or 8 other dogs of various breeds, the only other two left of that group besides Shunka are so badly affected by arthritis they can not be allowed to run off the leash.

 

He is still very fit, no problems with walking or running, he is carrying a little too much weight, but I hope to get it off him (and me) with longer walks in the better weather.

 

His Lordship is 12 this coming May, so Lakota is still a young lad!

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good luck in getting him LIz Congrates if you already have him on the way sounds like your home will be perfect for him and shunka :)

 

 

I think Shunka may be a bigger dog than some. he is definately bigger than some of his siblings. but he looks bigger even as a pup.

 

The length of his back is 24", between his ears he is 6", his snout is 6" long and he is 22" to the shoulder and over all to the top of his head he measures 31"

 

Would loved to have had Lakota, he is younger than Shunka by several years and I can really tell you they don't age as quickly as other dogs. When Shunka was a pup, he used to play with 7 or 8 other dogs of various breeds, the only other two left of that group besides Shunka are so badly affected by arthritis they can not be allowed to run off the leash.

 

He is still very fit, no problems with walking or running, he is carrying a little too much weight, but I hope to get it off him (and me) with longer walks in the better weather.

 

His Lordship is 12 this coming May, so Lakota is still a young lad!

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