2 Aug 2024

Pretzels for Dinner????

ATAO news! Padee has been a longtime friend, and honorary family member to ATAO kennel. Padee has been with ATAO Kennel on and off since 2018 helping out with all kinds of aspects of the kennel. Padee has a deep … Read More

Shawn and Will in the front seats of a truck. The back seat is full of bags of dog food. Shawn smiles happily at the camera, and Will looks off into the distance with a small frown.
11 Aug 2023

New method, same Buddies

If you’re a Buddy, you know our Buddy updates lately have been sparse. There’s a few reasons for that, but one of the really big ones is the method of sending those. We use Mailchimp to send out email updates … Read More

Shawn, wearing a headlamp, takes a selfie with a team of excited sled dogs in harness barking and ready to run
7 Dec 2022

Solstice Shawn!

Happy (Soon to be) Solstice from ATAO Kennel! Once upon a 2017 December Mr. Billy Tro ran ATAO’s first Solstice race with the kennel’s OG team of 7! Well kind of. Bonnie, Egret, Ophelia, Annie, Nala, and a friend’s pair … Read More
6 Sep 2020

Mr. R2

We have some important news about Mr. R2: he’s heading to a life of couchy goodness. I thought I better get that out of the way first off, so no one thought the worst. You probably know that R2 was … Read More
22 Jun 2020

Let’s Go

My road to Iditarod has involved a lot of false starts. I was given options to run with various teams– But I always declined, because I knew it would break my heart to run a team that I’d have to … Read More
8 Mar 2020

Dress a Dog Day is Baaaaaack

You’ve waited a long time, and it’s paid off. We’re returning to Dress a Dog day with the wonderous Lincoln. Below you can submit your suggestions for how to dress her up!  
22 Apr 2019

Ophelia is Pregnant!!!

Ophelia is getting wider by the day! In case you didn’t know, this spring (during Iditarod time!) we bred Ophelia to a neighboring heckuva leader named Brock. Both Ophelia and Brock are BIG dogs, which means we’ll add some height … Read More
13 Mar 2019

Monster Sponsors and Other News

Spring is in the air and we have some exciting news to share. Oops I rhymed! First of all, we have some new Monster Sponsors to introduce! Will V. snagged Nala as her sponsoree just before the Copper Basin. Thank … Read More
13 Nov 2018

Announcements! Stuff! Things!

Another post so soon?? You must have so much time on your hands Will! (I do not have so much time on my hands but there are things to announce!) We have some important things for ATAO followers to know. … Read More
10 May 2018

The 2018/2019 Dream… Copper Basin!

My lil buddies are growing fast. Max and Furiosa are bigger than Annie! The Star Wars pups are lean, beautiful animals who are going to be some incredible athletes. And Cassidy and Sundance are sweet, hard working girls. I LOVE … Read More

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