Bred by the Whitmore family in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Kidron was a dominant personality, the boss-bitch at Seppala Kennels. A very serious dog and an honest worker, Kidron helped us come to terms with the challenging trails in the Yukon bush when we first arrived. She was the dog who could get the team wherever we were going and back home, no matter what happened.
Her long coat concealed a good working physique and she threw good construction in her progeny. Kidron illustrates one extreme of the Seppala variability of type, her characteristics reverting to those of the Shearer "Foxstand" dogs and the late Wheeler stock of the 1940s and 195Os, when long coats were more common. Given her large size for a female (53 pounds) and her heavy coat she was never among our fastest sleddogs, but she was valued for her steadiness and dependability in difficult situations. The best of her progeny showed themselves capable of running with our fastest teams.
DATE OF BIRTH:1 December 1987 DATE
OF DEATH: 1 July 2001
COLOUR, MARKINGS AND EYE COLOUR: Wolf grey and white,
semi-bald face, eyes left particolour right blue.
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 22 inches (56 cm.), 53 pounds (24 Kg.)
SIRE: Farkle of Sepp-Alta (AKC) WF304247 (4-84)
(Uelen's Beowulf of Sepp-Alta x Seppineau's Oka of Windigo)
DAM: Holly of Sepp-Alta (AKC) WF224231 (4-84) (Ash of
Markovo x Alma of Sepp-Alta)
GENETIC ORIGINS: Pure Seppala Strain: three-quarters
Markovo, one quarter Seppineau background.
DIRECT FEMALE LINE: In 16 generations to Leonhard
Seppala pre-registration (Poland Spring) bitch "Nanuk", through
Markovo foundation bitch FROSTFIRE ANISETTE and McFaul foundation
bitch ZARINA OF SEPPALA III.
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KIDRON added an important element of genetic diversity to the evolving Seppala Siberian Sleddog breed and contributed significantly to the task of building the solid working sleddog mentality, steadiness and dependability of the breed. Jeffrey still misses his sidekick "Kiddles MacFiddles."
car-chassis training on a gravel road in Catalunya (Spain)
