DOGS DAILY - Caspers Need for Speed

One of our best leaders and our oldest working dogs, Casper refuses to retire and is still one of our fastest hardest workers. He infects the whole team with his constant excitement and enthusiasm to run! Casper is a super dog and super leader with a very kind and gentle character. He’s never been involved in a fight or even a spat with another, he gets along with everyone. Casper’s father is Iditarod Champion Lindy bred by the world’s winningest musher Jeff King. His mother Kara is from Iditarod Champions Martin Buser and Doug Swingley parents, bred by the awesome Norwegian musher Ketil Reitan. Casper was tested in lead shortly after he arrived, but Mel found he caused the whole team to “go up 10 gears” both with speed and power and although he listened and responded to commands perfectly, he turned her calm 14 dog team into what a runaway freight train! So after a few white knuckle trips, the last one including adding 50km to the 70km trip to try to “calm them down” before coming down the steep hill to the dog yard, Casper and all his enthusiasm was put further back in the team. That was until Mel’s first big race Femund 400km. Toivo, Mel’s main leader was benched at the halfway point with a slightly sore wrist. Casper was up! Sovollen to Tynset is mostly downhill and sure enough it was another white knuckle trip. Casper never puts a step wrong with leading the team, he’s just one of those leaders that gets everyone’s best. Casper led Mel and the team across the finish line in Roros town centre, making Mel the first female Brit to ever finish the race. Holding the team after 5 minutes was not easy, despite having just run 400km, Casper and the others wanted to run some more! A month later Casper, along with recovered team mate Toivo, led the team to finish Finnmark 500. Casper retired from racing in 2016, but is still a strong leader, always happy, always barking to go faster, always infecting the whole team with the #needforspeed #melandrews #teamgb #superdogs #alaskanhuskies #dogsofinstagram #huskiesofinstagram #sleddogs #teamgb #❤️mydog #arcticlifestyle #femundløpet #finnmarksløpet #arcticexpedition #weratedogs #dogs