About Us

2011
Abenaki Malamutes is a small kennel on the Tug Hill Plateau in upstate NY. We got our first Mal, Keannu, in 1991 while living in NJ, and he was the light of our lives. We could not just have one, so then came Laika and so on.
Sometime in the mid 1990's we discovered sprint racing, using 3 wheeled carts, in the Pine Barrens of southern NJ. We starting racing our Mals in the Sportsman class and did fairly well considering the fact that Mals aren't designed to race or be fast. During one of the races we met a person who also weight pulled his dogs and we tried that out. That was something we enjoyed very much and our dogs did extremely well at, so we starting competing in that venue as well. When we started bringing home regional medals we gave it our all and competed at the National level too.
In June 2000, we decided to move to Upstate NY. We picked this area because it boasts the "most snow east of the Rockies". Another reason was because it is hard to own more than four dogs anywhere in NJ. So, our kennel expanded to include Alaskan Huskies. Frank was getting tired of "racing" Malamutes and wanted to go faster; whereas, I like to explore and see the beautiful scenery. So, the Malamutes are completely mine to train and run and I like to increase their mileage as they build up strength. Frank trains the Alaskans to run as fast as they can for shorter distances for local sprint races. Occasionally, an older Alaskan will slow down and they become part 0f my team, as seen in the picture above where Froggy, the Alaskan is running co-lead with Malamute, Jetta.
In 2001, I got my first Malamute that could do it all. Yuki was shown to two championships and is a great team leader and earned several working titles. This started off my showing of the Malamutes in conformation. We have now had 5 Malamutes that have earned AKC or other championships, as well as a few that are close to finishing theirs.
In the eleven years that we have lived here, it has gotten warmer and more humid and laws have gotten stricter and stricter. Soon, it may be time to move on to more inviting climates and to a more laid back dog friendly area. But, in the meantime, we are here on our 5 acres with our currently, 22 dogs, most of which are now spayed and neutered and up there in age.
If you have any questions for us or would like to know more, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for taking the time to read about us.
Sometime in the mid 1990's we discovered sprint racing, using 3 wheeled carts, in the Pine Barrens of southern NJ. We starting racing our Mals in the Sportsman class and did fairly well considering the fact that Mals aren't designed to race or be fast. During one of the races we met a person who also weight pulled his dogs and we tried that out. That was something we enjoyed very much and our dogs did extremely well at, so we starting competing in that venue as well. When we started bringing home regional medals we gave it our all and competed at the National level too.
In June 2000, we decided to move to Upstate NY. We picked this area because it boasts the "most snow east of the Rockies". Another reason was because it is hard to own more than four dogs anywhere in NJ. So, our kennel expanded to include Alaskan Huskies. Frank was getting tired of "racing" Malamutes and wanted to go faster; whereas, I like to explore and see the beautiful scenery. So, the Malamutes are completely mine to train and run and I like to increase their mileage as they build up strength. Frank trains the Alaskans to run as fast as they can for shorter distances for local sprint races. Occasionally, an older Alaskan will slow down and they become part 0f my team, as seen in the picture above where Froggy, the Alaskan is running co-lead with Malamute, Jetta.
In 2001, I got my first Malamute that could do it all. Yuki was shown to two championships and is a great team leader and earned several working titles. This started off my showing of the Malamutes in conformation. We have now had 5 Malamutes that have earned AKC or other championships, as well as a few that are close to finishing theirs.
In the eleven years that we have lived here, it has gotten warmer and more humid and laws have gotten stricter and stricter. Soon, it may be time to move on to more inviting climates and to a more laid back dog friendly area. But, in the meantime, we are here on our 5 acres with our currently, 22 dogs, most of which are now spayed and neutered and up there in age.
If you have any questions for us or would like to know more, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for taking the time to read about us.