Closing the Seppala Stud Book. Is your dog’s name written in “The Seppala’s Great Book of Life”?
As I have discussed in other articles, The Seppala Siberian Sleddog has undergone two genetic bottlenecks over the past 100 years. When...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Our Can Am 100 mile 2023 run.
Everyone keeps asking for a report on our race yesterday so I figured it would be easiest to post it here. We want to say thank you to...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Feb 2
- 18 min
The Willow 300: A Maine Musher's Adventures in Alaska
When Down East Magazine made public my plans to take a Seppala team to Nome Alaska via the Iditarod, on the 100 year anniversary of...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Continental Kennel Club becomes our "Wheel Dog" Sponsor.
Everyone knows the value of a great lead dog. What few understand is the value of a strong and courageous wheel dog. While the leader’s...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
BREAKING NEWS: I'm Alaska Bound
I love reading the biographies of the great explorers of the great age of exploration. And one thing that is constant with all my heroes...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
Douglas Willett: 1937-2022
REMEMBERING A MUSHING LEGEND On behalf of the board of the International Seppala Siberian Sleddog Club, I want to honor the passing of...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
The Late, Great Lance Mackey: And how he helped me find my compass again
With the passing of the great Lance Mackey, I see lots of folks sharing their stories about him. And there are a great many folks with...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Aug 4, 2022
- 5 min
Summer Rant: Kennel Update. Counterfiet Seppalas? AKC Seppalas?
Kennel Update Summer has been a busy time for us. We are continuing the build on our new 50 acre kennel with a log shelter cabin and a...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
A Maine Mushing Legend Passes: Darlene Farr
Maine has lost a legend. Mushing has lost an advocate. Seppala Siberians have lost a supporter. We have lost our dear friend. Darlene...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Mushing Maine, From End to End, in 1941.
In my ongoing quest to finish what Perry Greene started in 1951, by ascending Mount Katahdin by dogteam, I received a big surprise. A few...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
Dual Registering Seppalas is Unsustainable. J.J. Bragg & Doug Willett were both right. Here's why.
Those who are new to the world of Seppalas are often confused by the fact that, while most Seppala Siberians are considered Siberian...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Apr 13, 2022
- 12 min
Moose Attack on Dogsled Team: A First Hand Account
We were wrapping up our final training run of the season in a snowstorm, just two nights before the big race. Caleb was running our eight...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Apr 11, 2022
- 10 min
Summiting Mount Katahdin by Dog Team
Ascending great summits by dogteam is a long standing tradition in history. In 1926, Arthur Walden and his team of Chinooks summited New...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Mar 6, 2022
- 7 min
“Musher 16 has been located. Found lying in trail. Cold and unresponsive.”
When my 17 year-old son, Caleb, started down the shoot of the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dogs Race yesterday morning, I could never...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Feb 14, 2022
- 11 min
The 1926/1927 Poland Spring Dog Derby Recovered from old site: written apr 2004
The first Poland Spring Carnival Race was held January 15-16, 1926. The race was called by many names in the Maine papers; Poland Spring...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Feb 14, 2022
- 6 min
The Story of Leonhard Seppala (Recovered from my old site: written apr. 2004)
I once told Jeffrey Bragg about about a training run I had with 16 dogs attached to my four-wheeler. He responded by telling me that I...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Winter Morning Run, By Elizabeth Hayes, age 11
“Wake up!” dad said. “We are going on a training run.” We got dressed warm and went outside. It was a cold day and the snow was up to our...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Should Mainers Allow Central Maine Power to create 56 mile power corridor through the Northwoods?
Should we vote Yes, on halting Central Maine Power’s new corridor through Maine’s North Woods? Before I share my opinion, allow me to...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Aug 16, 2021
- 6 min
Saving the Seppala Siberian Sleddog: It's only the End of the Beginning.
Ive had a few conversations over the past few weeks with folks that have been around Seppala Siberian Sleddogs for as long or longer than...
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Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes
- Jun 8, 2021
- 18 min
Seppala Siberian Sleddog History 101
Id like to tell you the story of how the Seppala Siberian Sleddogs made their way from Chuckchi villages in Siberia one hundred years...
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