In 1989 I moved to the Seattle area from Buffalo in an attempt to find a place where I could enjoy the culture of a city and the adventure of the outdoors at the same time. It worked for a while. Then it started feeling like there were too many people on the trails in the mountains every summer, so I decided to pursue more winter camping as a way to experience our great wild areas without the overwhelming presence of humanity. After a collision of several fateful events, I ended up with two Malamutes and the desire to experience our pure, winter lands by means of dog sledding, which in turn led me to several yearly dog sledding trips into Denali Park, Alaska. I kept returning home from Alaska with sled dogs of my own and the next thing I knew, I had a dog team.

While my intent for several years was recreational sledding, it became apparent relatively quickly that, in the lower 48, our wild lands are disappearing rapidly and there's just too much private or developed land to travel any great distance by dog team. I realized that racing was the only way to accomplish the distances and adventurous trips I wanted to with my dogs, and in a few short years I transformed my recreational team into a racing team. What started as an accident and a hobby became a lifestyle and a passion.

As I continue down this path, my passion has generated two primary goals for this lifestyle that has developed – assemble as competitive a dog team as possible, and use this endeavor as a means of bringing attention to the need to save our wild, undeveloped lands and animals that inhabit them. Spending uncountable hours in the wild lands of Washington, Montana, Alaska, and Minnesota over the past 15 years has made me keenly aware that we are eliminating wild lands at a extremely rapid pace, and driving the animals that inhabit those lands into smaller and smaller pockets of nature. The challenges of traveling long distances by dog team brings great attention to this, and is strikingly analogous to the challenges the natural inhabitants of those wild lands face.

Here are the true athletes. If you ever wonder just how tough these dogs are ask yourself when was the last time you ran 40-70 miles, slept for four hours, got up and did again and again and again?

Stinger

While Stinger may look cool as a cucumber in this photo, she is crazy for the running. Driving does not begin to describe this lovable, incredibly hard-working dog. Having never been in lead before, she stepped up to the plate at the Iditarod and lead the team over glare ice for 240 miles.

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Sliver

He is one cool customer. A reliable #2 leader with great initiative, Sliver has the ability to bring it home as well as to bring you back on track. After losing the trail on Rainy Pass, Sliver miraculously found our way back to it through waist-deep snow.

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Pistol

If every dog on the Lost Lake Team was like Pistol, you would be calling me Lance Mackey instead of Scott White. But in all seriousness, Pistol is an amazing lead dog. He continues to blow us all away with his unyielding drive, endurance and strength.

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Jack

He's a great team dog, strong and solid. When he's not running, he spends his time having a blast with the other dogs and humans — he has a great disposition.

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Cassie

Cassie may be a team dog now, but she may work her way up to the front of the line someday. She's got real drive and determination.

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Mackey

Alias "Big Mac." He is a great big driving sled dog. It will be interesting to watch him evolve as he has been running lead on and off, sometimes doing great; but, sometimes...well, we'll see.

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Idol

Idol may be a big, lanky and goofy lovenut, but he is a solid, steady and dependable team dog.

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Ruger

Ruger is a big, strong, tough, hard-driving male in harness, and a sweet, friendly and beautiful dog in the yard. Last year he set a record of running every mile of training and racing for three consecutive years.

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Phoenix

She's not small, she's concentrated! Phoenix is the canine version of the Energizer bunny. She just keeps on going…and going…and going.

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Alabama

This long-legged and curly-tailed combination of speed and determination is a solid wheel dog. Alabama’s a great, driving sled dog despite her waifish build.

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Cowboy

While Cowboy lives up to his name in his no non-sense, calm and focused disposition, he balances out his steely drive with an embracing friendliness that makes him one of the most likable dogs on the team. He’s our meat and potatoes leader.

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Jewel

Another Energizer Bunny. She, along with her kennel buddies, Jasmine and Blossom, have turned one of the paddocks into a skate park. Her determination to have rip-roaring fun definitely translates to the trail: she never stops.

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Jasmine

She is adorable, yet fierce. Kind of like Charlie's Angels. She is all play and sweetness off the trail, but once she is driving down the path, Jasmine is all forward business.

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Blossom

Tall and long, Blossom sets a good path. While initially she was not as crazy-hard-driving and the other girls in the paddock, she has literally "blossomed" into one of the strongest and hardest driving dogs on the team.

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You'll find a range of dogs here. Future leaders. Future pets. All great dogs. We've been lucky enough to have them play a part in our lives. Now it's time for them to enrich your life. Contact Scott if you are interested in adding one or more of the dogs to your racing or home team.

Dash

She's an Iditarod finisher. A little bit of a paradox; she's shy, but driven; standoffish, but sweet; a little skittish, but friendly. But there's no paradox about her dependability to run and ability to lead.

Alabama

This long-legged and curly-tailed combination of speed and determination is a solid wheel dog. Alabama’s a great, driving sled dog despite her waifish build.

Earnhart

She is a trooper; there's no other way to describe her. She just knocks back the miles like she knocks back the kibble and will always get to the finish line. Earnhart is a solid team dog, and has finished two Iditarods.

Jimi

Jimi is a neutered male, approximately 65 lbs., and was born in March, 2003. He has run on two Iditarod teams. He's strong and has a very fluid gait. He really shouldn't be retired yet as the only reason he is for sale is that our team is just a bit too fast for him now. So, he could go to a new mushing home, or a new pet home — he's very sweet and mellow, but also excited and playful when you engage with him. Ideally, it would be best if he stayed with his sister, Siouxsie — they are inseparable.

Siouxsie

Siouxsie is a spayed female, approximately 60 lbs., and was born in March, 2003. She is Jimi's sister. She has essentially run every mile of training and racing that Jimi has, except that she didn't make either Iditarod team that Jimi did. But, like Jimi, she really isn't ready to retire. Frankly, as the two have gotten older, Siouxsie may have become the better, more consistent sled dog. She could also go to a new mushing or pet home. It would be best if she stayed with Jimi — she suffers from some serious separation anxiety when separated from him. Both dogs are very sweet and sound dogs.

Dee Dee

Dee Dee is a beautiful spayed female, approximately 45 lbs., and was born in May, 2006. She needs a loving pet home as she is unable to run back-to-back runs.  I have not done anything to determine what the problem is, as she seems fine in the yard when not training with the team.  She is easily discouraged from eating by more dominant dogs, and really should be a pet in a one-dog home. She lights up with love and affection.

Coy

She was the hardest driving dog on the team and, for that reason, was my main leader until her career was cut short by a foot injury. She’s a veteran of two Iditarod’s with the war wounds to prove it: she’s shy one toe. But what she might lack in appendages, she certainly makes up for in a playful, mischievous spirit and makes for a super-loving dog and pet.