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We call Best Mama Pajama. She and her girls, Sesame and Poppy are truly three peas in a pod. Best is still a main leader for us and is doing a great job teaching the younger dogs the ropes up there. We're looking forward to breeding her again this spring.

Romie has been a slow -to- mature guy with a huge heart and a lot of attitude. Still wild at hook-up, he has a great metabolism - always fresh after runs and light on his feet.

Our only complaint about Bristol so far is that she can be, well , a real bitch to other females. Otherwise she is a sweet, kissy kind of girl. She's been running very well in the team as a yearling and we think she's on her way to becoming a mainstay.

Cooper will be a back-up for the main team. Still the absolute happiest - go - lucky guy ever.

One of the seven year olds training up with the main team, Corty still works so hard that he often wears himself out too soon. In past seasons this seems to have led to a little mental burn-out in him . Since he has always been a nervous boy for hook-up - especially at races - he might be a back-up for some of the race teams this year.

Prudie is still a very high strung energizer bunny. Lucky for us she puts it to good use in the team. She has been doing a lot of leading, mostly paired with Best and we are very excited about the maturity she's shown up there, especially with passing other teams. She is always fresh after the runs, always jumping in harness to go more even when we are back home. We have often wondered out loud what she's been eating for breakfast!

As usual, not much to say about the Fuj. Definitely the best of his litter and still a mainstay on the team. Has a completely different outlook on running than his brother, Corty.

Still the biggest smootch that ever was. A notorious neckline chewer, Gally has to be the last dog hooked-up. HIs antics while running around in the hook-up area teasing the other dogs is beyond description. He's been running well - usually in point. Not terribly hard driving, but a solid mainstay on the team.

We are still very excited about Gatwick's potential as a main leader. However his passing skills (especially head on) need work. He thinks he is supposed to pay a social visit to the other teams. So far he is always fresh after the runs, and he loves to go. A super friendly, smart boy.

Heathrow has been running well back in the team. Although he did some leading early on for shorter, easier training runs, he hasn't shown the maturity or confidence up there that his brother Gatwick has. We'll give him some more experience up there as he matures. He is a liitle softer and shy around strangers than either of his littermates but at home he is still one big talker - a favorite kennel personality. He's sort of like the boy in class that goes around pulling all the girls' ponytails.

We've decided to run Jasper in the team until he lets us know he's had enough. Though he's handed over the main leader reigns to the younger, faster dogs, he is happy as can be running anywhere in the team. Like Gally, he's a terrible chewer so he is one of the last to get hooked -up on the line. He is often standing just in front of the leaders as if he is lining them out! At ten years old he has had no problems at all keeping up with the younger dogs so far and with his daughter Prudie, makes the most noise to get going again on trail breaks.

Fatty is probably the best male on the team. An honest, solid worker, Fatty has so much fun out there. Always loves to go, loves to get roughed-up and snuggled and still does his solo mournful howls at every break.

Merlin is still an anchor on the main team - usually runs with LuLu.

LuLu is still our most athletic female. She and her brother Fatty are anchors to the team.

Poppy is a clone of Best if ever there was one - in both temperment and athleticism. She has so far proven to be the best of her litter. She'll be a main leader this year - a sweet, sweet girl with a lot of drive.

Sesame has matured into an amazing main leader for us. Hard driving, super intelligent, though a little softer than her sister Poppy. She tends to not recover as quickly after longer runs.