We also work closely with a national group, the Alaskan Malamute Assistance League. We look past the breed to focus on issues like temperament and rehabilitation prospects. We take a personal interest in each and every Nordic breed dog in local shelters and act as their advocates with shelter staff and volunteers. The vast majority of NorSled dogs are strays, both purebreds and mixes, that have been rescued from shelters in our service area. Some are owner surrenders.
Owners also use our web site and come to our adoption fairs to find new homes for their dogs.
Many shelters know to contact NorSled when a particularly promising dog is running out of time. NorSled volunteers keep in constant contact with shelters in our service area as well. We try to showcase shelter dogs on our web site while they are still in the shelter system. Nordic breed dogs are not for everybody. They are beautiful and many people are blinded by this to the very real difficulties that these dogs can pose.