Welcome to Happy Trails Kennels:
Home of four-time Iditarod Champion
Martin Buser, and family!

Outside of our friend, Sarah Palin being nominated for Vice President of the United States, our big news is that Martin signed up to race in the Yukon Quest, another long sled dog race. Yep, the one Lance Mackey has run and won for many years.

The decision to run the Quest was made for several reasons, the major reason being that research done on our dogs last year indicated that long distance running improved overall metabolism. Martin is also looking for a new challenge and excited about researching a new trail and traveling in new country. With the Iditarod reducing it's purse there are financial considerations as well. Nancy Marty and Jim Davis have signed on as Official Handlers, a requirement of the Quest rules. I'm going along for morale support which will be a blast as we will be driving to most all the checkpoints.

We are looking forward to cooler temperatures that will facilitate 4-wheeler training. Right now, the dogs get their exercise by free running in the hay fields down the road.

Martin signed up for his 26th Iditarod Race. In the process, my brother did some research and found that Martin has the MOST consecutive Iditarod finishes 23 in a row! New Iditarod rules limited the number of mushers to 100, increased the entry fee to $4000 and cut the race purse by 30%.