Wolfie's Call of the Wild Huskies
Von Martin
author - public speaker - dog musher
Von is available
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author - public speaker - dog musher
Von is available
to speak at your event!
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Serum Run Expedition Documentary
View a short documentary by Eimanne El Zein featuring dog mushers Don Duncan and Von Martin as they prepare their dog teams for Alaska's 2009 Serum Run '25 Expedition
View a short documentary by Eimanne El Zein featuring dog mushers Don Duncan and Von Martin as they prepare their dog teams for Alaska's 2009 Serum Run '25 Expedition
"Call of the Wild Huskies" is situated on a beautiful 5 acre frontier style setting complete with rustic log cabin in the foothills of the Washington Cascades. Here Von's entire husky sled dog team enjoys the best that country living has to offer. Their 24' x 36' kennel barn and adjacent dog yard allows them to socialize daily and to enjoy both an indoor and outdoor lifestyle. Our mushing season runs from October through April of each year. The team is trained up to three times weekly on rural forest roads beginning in Fall as weather cools.
Call of the Wild Huskies Ranch
Von's Siberian Huskies were each rescued from county shelters just hours before they were to be euthanized as unwanted pets. Now they are doing what they love best - "running as a pack". The thankful appreciation expressed in their eyes is all the reward anyone could ask for.
Von's kennel also includes numerous Alaskan Huskies gratefully adopted from mushing collegues and who now enjoy their new home and extended careers on the trail. Von fondly considers each husky a special member of his family.
At night the entire team of huskies sometimes raise their voices in a unified, eerie, yet hauntingly beautiful harmony! As their "song" carries across the pasture and reverberates off the surrounding evergreen trees, we're reminded of their primordial, ancient kinship with wild wolves. It is this music that earned them their kennel name, "Call of the Wild Huskies . . . "
Von's kennel also includes numerous Alaskan Huskies gratefully adopted from mushing collegues and who now enjoy their new home and extended careers on the trail. Von fondly considers each husky a special member of his family.
At night the entire team of huskies sometimes raise their voices in a unified, eerie, yet hauntingly beautiful harmony! As their "song" carries across the pasture and reverberates off the surrounding evergreen trees, we're reminded of their primordial, ancient kinship with wild wolves. It is this music that earned them their kennel name, "Call of the Wild Huskies . . . "
About Von's Huskies
This is the official website of "Wolfie's Call of the Wild Huskies"
and is dedicated to the memory of "Wolfie"
December 7th, 2005 on the anniversary of her 13th birthday.
all rights reserved 2004 - 2009
Von E. Martin, proprietor
and is dedicated to the memory of "Wolfie"
December 7th, 2005 on the anniversary of her 13th birthday.
all rights reserved 2004 - 2009
Von E. Martin, proprietor
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Serum Run Expedition photo journal
available November 2009
Serum Run Expedition photo journal
available November 2009
Von Martin & "Fuzzie"
November 20, 2009 - click here for Latest News & Reader Comments
Audio Slide Show
View an audio slide show on Von Martin and his Call of the Wild Huskies by Chronicle Reporter Dan Schreiber
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View an audio slide show on Von Martin and his Call of the Wild Huskies by Chronicle Reporter Dan Schreiber
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Sol-leks
A new book by Von Martin
coming in November 2009
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coming in November 2009
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In 2009 the Serum Run '25 Expedition set out to retrace the original 1925 relay route of lifesaving antitoxin delivered by dog teams across Alaska to Diphtheria stricken Nome.
To prepare for the arduous journey, Washington state musher Von Martin meticulously assembled 1,200 lbs of supplies, trained his team of twelve huskies for hundreds of miles, and made the long midwinter drive to Alaska.
What he did not anticipate was the worst Alaskan winter in decades.
Cut off from the expedition's support party and faced with an impassable trail, Von and the team of Serum Run '25 mushers are faced with a heartbreaking decision for their expedition and their dogs.
Join Von Martin as he shares his story through journal excerpts, photographs, and heartfelt narratives, the exhilaration, hardship, and life lessons learned from his huskies during an attempt to cross the Alaskan wilderness by dog team.
To prepare for the arduous journey, Washington state musher Von Martin meticulously assembled 1,200 lbs of supplies, trained his team of twelve huskies for hundreds of miles, and made the long midwinter drive to Alaska.
What he did not anticipate was the worst Alaskan winter in decades.
Cut off from the expedition's support party and faced with an impassable trail, Von and the team of Serum Run '25 mushers are faced with a heartbreaking decision for their expedition and their dogs.
Join Von Martin as he shares his story through journal excerpts, photographs, and heartfelt narratives, the exhilaration, hardship, and life lessons learned from his huskies during an attempt to cross the Alaskan wilderness by dog team.
