Our husky yard

Check out our 72-hectare home for more than 70 Alaskan huskies!

The yard is spacious and designed to optimise dog welfare: there is electricity, access to fresh water, a heated storage and kitchen for the dogs, and a separate area for sick or injured dogs.

We keep a maximum of two dogs per kennel, all with insulated dog houses.
All dogs are guaranteed to have a clean and dry place to sleep.
There is a big running fence around the kennel, which makes it possible to release the dogs every day to run around and socialise with other dogs. The free-running procedure is repeated every day for at least 45 min.
Dogs’ names are written on the kennel walls, and there’s a kennel map with a description of each dog and their behaviours.

Dog care and training

Taking care of the dogs is 24/7 work. For this reason, there is always one employee staying permanently in the house next to the husky farm.

All dogs are checked daily for medical conditions, every morning when the staff cleans all kennels.
All employees have several years of working experience in different kennels with huskies and are passionate about animals and their work.
Training starts in August-September when temperatures start dropping below 5-6 degrees Celsius, with short distances (2-3 km), and is gradually lifted to 20-30 km by November.
Employees help dogs to stretch their muscles, and the dogs get a professional dog massage 1-2 times per season.
And of course, our team spends time with the dogs socialising, cuddling and grooming.

Pregnant dogs and puppies

Dog breeding is done every three years with carefully selected dogs and one litter at a time.
The pregnant dog is kept inside well in advance before giving birth.
Other female dogs can sometimes work as “babysitters” when the mother needs help.
Puppies also get to see visitors, which helps them get familiar with people.
Puppies start their training with forest walks and running with the employees. At around seven months, they start careful training in dog teams and become 100% pack members by 24 months.

Care for retired dogs

Once dogs can no longer run with the teams, we continue taking good care of them. For them, it is essential to stay with the most crucial thing they have – the pack.

Dogs participate in training as long as they can.
Retired dogs serve as social dogs during kennel tours.
Adoption of elder dogs is possible if the dogs are in good health and we can find good and responsible homes.
As we are a pretty new kennel, all our dogs are still young; most of them were born in 2018-2020.

Their daily meals

We use only the best brands for dog food, with high energy and nutrition concentration designed for racing dogs, mixed with frozen meat.
Warm soup is given to the dogs daily, two hours before work. This soup “starts the engine” for the active day.
Between safaris, dogs get “snacks”: a mix of different meats (beef, pork, salmon) and water.
If the night is freezing, additional “night food” is given to all the dogs.

Behind the scenes of the husky safari

All safaris are organised with dogs, employees and customers' safety in mind.

For smaller groups (max 16 pax) we run 8-10 km safaris.
Dogs do not overwork – we run a maximum of three program slots per day, and the dogs rotate so that every dog has enough rest and days off.
To keep the dogs' motivation high, route lengths, routes and the positions in dog teams are varied now and then.
The starting area is further down from the kennel, and all guides and customers are instructed to move and act calmly, as the dogs can sense any stress or restlessness.

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Husky Farm milestones

2008 – The first tour to Lapland was organized.
2010 – Lapland became the most popular destination and we were inspired to have a Husky Farm.
2019 – To meet our high-quality standard, we started searching for a piece of land suitable for happy huskies.
2020 – The bid for 72 hectares of land was officially finalized in March 2020.
2022 – The Veskoniemi husky farm was opened.
2023 – Dream came true: we successfully served happy guests in Veskoniemi.

Meet Batman – the Alaskan Husky

Ever wonder how a husky's life would be in Lapland? Batman, the most friendly husky of the gang, lives on the top of a remote hill close to Lake Inari, with his friends in Veskoniemi.

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