Her lil nose twitches kill me

Sage making the most of this sunny day

Any time I want to give Cheesecake a high value soft toy, I have to give Legend a sacrificial rubber toy so she doesn't steal and destroy it

Also, about 10 of these Dog solutions folders are available! You can put your important tax documents in here.

After a brief vacation my store is open again! Now with a few signed copies of this book! 🐶📖 oliviawhen.com/store

All of a sudden winter??? (Don't worry, it'll be 50 in a few days 🤣) Zirkle in lead again, he did a LOT better this time than last! He is definitely more baby brained than his sister, but I think he will get there!

Look who is signed up for the UP200 😉 (I will also be there racing the Midnight Run again, now with improved headlamp and hopefully less panic attacks!) #uglydogs @quincemountain.bsky.social

Last couple runs. Compass decided he knows his turn commands all of a sudden??? Idk where it came from buddy, but I'm proud of you 🤣

Thank you @kazurcher.bsky.social for sponsoring Q! Q radiates exuberance. He is so excited to lick me that he often misses my face entirely! Q lives life at 110% and always has a smile. In harness, he often turns his head to check in w/ me. Underneath all the energy, Q is soft and sensitive.

This past weekend we went to Shaw's Rig Session hosted by the Magnussons. Its basically a giant party of a training weekend where tons of mushers get together and train on the same trails to practice passing and dog manners. Passing makes my dogs SO excited so they had the MOST fun.

-Update on Tupac- Vet visit yesterday and there was no pus in his nails when they were trimmed! His thyroid is 4pts into the low end but due to current meds (steroid and anti-fungal) and we aren’t out of the woods yet we are holding off on treating thyroid. He is not clinically showing signs

I should have made this up a long time ago, but another dog recently passed of ARVC (not one of ours this time) and it prompted me to get my butt into gear. If anyone hears of a sleddog passing suddenly please feel free to share this infographic on the off chance it winds up being ARVC.

We've been rotating leaders, old and new, next to Legend aka best girl. Today it was Kestrel. Last season he lost a lot of trust with me...on runs over 20-25 miles, he would start trying to poop every mile. Kestrel unfortunately hasn't figured out how to poop on the fly.

Can I help an #uglydog get a copy of Blair's new book? I have two extra and I'd love for them to go to folks who couldn't afford to buy one.

Please welcome Cheesecake! She comes from Brenda Mackey in Fairbanks, and sincere thank you to @yukikazesiberians.bsky.social for making this complicated transport possible. She is impossibly sweet and lets things just roll off her, and has very quickly made herself part of the family. 🍰

Finally out again! Its been a very slow start to the season, battling the 50+ degree lows and thinking about Compass, my most heat sensitive dog, and his safety. Nice and cool this morning though and looks like we should have at least a week of good temps, if not waving goodbye to summer entirely!

Oops 🤭

I threw together some links on the blog for different ways to send support. It's haphazard as info is still coming in from so many places, but I've linked to both ADN and Alaska Public Media's lists of organizations, plus added a few that they didn't* list. tonichelle.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-...

Bethel Community Services Foundation has an Amazon Wishlist of immediate needs. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong left a devastating wake of flooding and destruction in remote coastal cities. Our teams will be serving first responders and impacted families. We’ll share more information soon. #ChefsForAlaska 📸 ABC News

Melissa is going to keep this up because the next step is a specialist which is $$. We go back the 24th, day before MC wedding, for a recheck and next plans. Any extra funds left will continue to go for Tupac’s care. Thank you to everyone who has donated. I really appreciate it. #uglydogs

Hey friends! Becca @beccaj.bsky.social and Tupac need a little help. Tupac has been dealing with a frankly mysterious nail infection for almost 2 months that won't heal. The in and out constant vet visits have been a lot on Becca's budget. #uglydogs gofund.me/7fa1c5bf5

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Alaska Community Foundation has set up a link to donate funds for those affected by the storms and flooding in Western Alaska. AKCF is an amazing organization and 100% legit. alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

@tonichelle.bsky.social anyone in the mushing scene who wants to help with relief efforts for our village dogs out there, they can reach out to Bethel Friends of Canines #halong #alaska #uglydogs #mushersky #dogsports www.facebook.com/share/p/17y2...

Back to give the beargrease another shot! Time for snow dances!!!!

WOOHOO!! Ice in the water buckets this morning!

I present to you.... the 2025-26 Flight Risk Mushing race team!! Bogey is sponsored by @minnesotagirl.bsky.social Foucher is sponsored by Librarian Warlord Ordona is sponsored by @knitleft.bsky.social Watkins is sponsored by @eekappy.bsky.social

FINALLY!!!!!!

ITS FAT BEAR WEEK THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Exciting news! We’ve teamed up with @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social & @blairbraverman.bsky.social to bring you a Leap’ing good package. Includes signature, bookmark & Voodoo sticker. 🐕🐶🐕 honestdogbooks.com/shop/all-dogs

FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK

6 years ago, I walked into What Goes Round to find a book of poetry, and walked having bought the bookstore. Changed the name, added new books, multiple subscriptions, online store, + 2 buildings, theater & bar. Here’s how we’re celebrating. honestdogbooks.com

Kestrel 5, Melissa 0. Had to make a special trip to Duluth today just for his extra-ness. If he destroys this one before Tuesday (one week out from neuter) then I am gonna lose my mind

Update: kestrel 3, cones 0. We are trying the donut 🤣

Kestrel's wake of destruction: Kestrel 2, Cones 0 (we are 36 hours post neuter)

Kestrel is the last one to get the 🏀🏀✂️ this summer! He bounced back FAST from the anesthesia and he is dangerous with his battering ram cone

Summer is holding on for dear LIFE

🌟🌟NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE 🌟🌟 We're so excited to share that we have a new way for you to help support the race. We’ve added a ‘DONATE’ button to our website & we’ve joined the modern world in being able to accept credit card payments, Apple & Google pay & our usual e-transfer option.

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Releasing the beast

Wild cryptid spotted

FOUND!

Like mother like daughter! @flightriskmushing.bsky.social #uglydogs On the left is Foucher who lives with Melissa and is Panthers bb. Fun fact: Foucher lives in the barrel Panther did.

WALLACE, MICHIGAN - two missing alaskan huskies! They belong to a very good friend of mine and I am worried sick for her. Check your trail cams! Alaskans can travel very far very quickly! Contact Choixlibre Kennel on Facebook ASAP if sighted!

✂️🏀🏀 lamp time for Q! Squeezing em in at the end of summer. Kestrel is next month!