Fifth KBD Meet-Up

Hey Tribe,

Today we enjoyed a blindingly bright winter walk on Beach Lake with some of our local Karelian Bear Dogs and their owners.  Late February/early March is a wonderful time in Alaska, if you don’t mind the cold, and days like this one are a boost to an Alaskan’s vitamin D starved soul.  Sunshine transforms the winter landscape from its dull, gray, monotony into Scrooge McDuck’s treasure vault of glittering diamonds, liquid gold, and an abundance of greenery.  With the daylight, we can actually see how beautiful our state is, having forgotten what it looks like as we trudged through the dark days of winter.

Our pack runs ahead while we soak in the scenery.

Fly admires the yellow snow glittering snow while her BFF, Nimh, knows I have treats!

I digress.  We had six Karelians in our pack today – the largest group to date, not including the first meet-up when we had 5, plus an honorary KBD (Shiba Inu).  Two were new to our group, but they fit right in and everyone had a riotous romp through the deep snow blanketing the lake.  Fly was particularly smitten with the new guy, Finn (a most handsome, nearly all black, big fella), and the two of them were nearly inseparable as they play-fought their way along our pack’s path.

Fly and Finn, doing battle in the back of the pack.

Fly and Finn photobombing Kona as they fight across the lake.

Owner chat topics orbited our beloved breed and our dogs’ antics both at home and at present, with an occasional “It’s such a beautiful day!” or similar observation interjected from time to time.

As best a group photo as could be managed.  Oh well.

A good time was had by all, as evidenced by six very long tongues in the parking lot and promises of a next meet-up in May.

Finn, Freya, Fly, and Fowie (ok, it's really Howie) say, "More treats, please!"