We live on the shores of beautiful Annie Lake located between Skagway, Alaska and
Whitehorse, Yukon. We are surrounded by 6,000' mountains and our 60 furry friends. We
have developed a competitive long-distance racing kennel and in the past 10 years Hugh and
his team have competed in 6 Iditarods and 9 Yukon Quest races. Hugh is one of a handful of
mushers that have completed the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year - and he's done it
the last 5 years in a row! This past year we competed in the GinGin 200, the Kusko 300, the
Yukon Quest, Iditarod, and the Yukon Flats 300. That's almost 3,000 miles of racing in 3
months!
This year the team came in 2nd in the Yukon Quest, missing the Champion spot by 4 minutes.
The team broke the record by over 3 hours from the previous record holder Lance Mackey and
Sab and Hugh have the only finish times under the ten day mark. However we are most proud
that our dogs have the fastest Quest running time in history and would have won the race by
almost two hours were it not for a 2 hour penalty assessed to Hugh only 40 miles from the
finish. They followed up this great finish with a career best 15th place finish in the Iditarod.
The team spent the first three quarters of the race in the top 5 until a wind storm at
Shaktoolik held the team up for 33 hours and resulted in a change in the outcome of the race.
Our shining stars this year were Annie, Watson, Walter, Delilah, Wild Bill, Nathan and
Tolliver.
The Quest team consisted of: Annie, Watson, Walter, Delilah, Mahoosic, Maestro, Wild
Bill, Nathan, Sicily, Zuril, Zit, Blondie, Shaman, and Scotty.
The Iditarod team consisted of: Annie, Colby, Watson, Walter, Nathan, Spencer, Wild Bill,
Tolliver, Wonka, Delilah, Tyler, Amos, Sydney, Mahoosic, Shifter, and Scotty.
We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors from this past year. We hope you
enjoyed the ride and come back again for more! Our Iditarod team is shown on the dawgs link.
Our whole kennel is displayed at www.dogtec.com which contains photos and lineages of all
the dogs. Don't forget to follow us on our daily adventures. We just got satellite internet so
we'll be able to update a lot more often. Check out our blog at
www.laughingeyeskennel.blogspot.com
HHN and TJR
Whitehorse, Yukon. We are surrounded by 6,000' mountains and our 60 furry friends. We
have developed a competitive long-distance racing kennel and in the past 10 years Hugh and
his team have competed in 6 Iditarods and 9 Yukon Quest races. Hugh is one of a handful of
mushers that have completed the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year - and he's done it
the last 5 years in a row! This past year we competed in the GinGin 200, the Kusko 300, the
Yukon Quest, Iditarod, and the Yukon Flats 300. That's almost 3,000 miles of racing in 3
months!
This year the team came in 2nd in the Yukon Quest, missing the Champion spot by 4 minutes.
The team broke the record by over 3 hours from the previous record holder Lance Mackey and
Sab and Hugh have the only finish times under the ten day mark. However we are most proud
that our dogs have the fastest Quest running time in history and would have won the race by
almost two hours were it not for a 2 hour penalty assessed to Hugh only 40 miles from the
finish. They followed up this great finish with a career best 15th place finish in the Iditarod.
The team spent the first three quarters of the race in the top 5 until a wind storm at
Shaktoolik held the team up for 33 hours and resulted in a change in the outcome of the race.
Our shining stars this year were Annie, Watson, Walter, Delilah, Wild Bill, Nathan and
Tolliver.
The Quest team consisted of: Annie, Watson, Walter, Delilah, Mahoosic, Maestro, Wild
Bill, Nathan, Sicily, Zuril, Zit, Blondie, Shaman, and Scotty.
The Iditarod team consisted of: Annie, Colby, Watson, Walter, Nathan, Spencer, Wild Bill,
Tolliver, Wonka, Delilah, Tyler, Amos, Sydney, Mahoosic, Shifter, and Scotty.
We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors from this past year. We hope you
enjoyed the ride and come back again for more! Our Iditarod team is shown on the dawgs link.
Our whole kennel is displayed at www.dogtec.com which contains photos and lineages of all
the dogs. Don't forget to follow us on our daily adventures. We just got satellite internet so
we'll be able to update a lot more often. Check out our blog at
www.laughingeyeskennel.blogspot.com
HHN and TJR
Photos by Derek Crowe
We would like to thank our 2009 Sponsors for allowing us to continue on our path of making it to two
starting lines. Our sponsors are:
* Pat Barrett
* The Bloomin' Crew
* Bruce Hagstrom and family
* Mike and Trudy Hendricks
* Arrowhead Fabrics
* The Bootie Brigade
* Carol and George Figdore
* Alisa and Jesse Guzman
To join the Laughing Eyes Kennel team and have your name added to this list please contact us at
867-456-7714 or laughingeyeskennel@hotmail.com
starting lines. Our sponsors are:
* Pat Barrett
* The Bloomin' Crew
* Bruce Hagstrom and family
* Mike and Trudy Hendricks
* Arrowhead Fabrics
* The Bootie Brigade
* Carol and George Figdore
* Alisa and Jesse Guzman
To join the Laughing Eyes Kennel team and have your name added to this list please contact us at
867-456-7714 or laughingeyeskennel@hotmail.com
*** Find out the origin of the Laughing Eyes name here
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Site last updated April 6, 2009
| *** We would love for you to join our cause. Our goal is: community-spiritual enhancement-positive energy-sharing life's dreams-Alaska. Know of any friends, communities, companies or groups who might like to become part of the Laughing Eyes Kennel Vision? We have just finished our fourth tour of schools presenting "Tails of the North" talking about the Iditarod and dog mushing. Our goal is to promote 'good fellowship' via the Alaskan Dog Mushing lifestyle. Our next tour is scheduled for May, 2009. Send us a line at laughingeyeskennel@hotmail.com to enquire about costs and scheduling. |
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Photo by Jeff Schultz
Welcome to Laughing Eyes Kennel!
Home of Hugh Neff and Tamra Reynolds
Home of Hugh Neff and Tamra Reynolds
We are proud to announce that
we are now feeding Redpaw 32/20
kibble. We have fed this food for
a year now and the changes in our
dogs are incredible! A large
contributor to our teams success
this year is attributed to RedPaw.
we are now feeding Redpaw 32/20
kibble. We have fed this food for
a year now and the changes in our
dogs are incredible! A large
contributor to our teams success
this year is attributed to RedPaw.
NEW!!! Hugh was
interviewed on April
11/09 on the Greg
Damon show on KMOX
out of St Louis Listen to
it here.
interviewed on April
11/09 on the Greg
Damon show on KMOX
out of St Louis Listen to
it here.
