Jasmine

Sponsored by Ted Kirk

After the Can Am 250 in 2019, when we scratched due to lack of leadership for the first time in five years, Ward Wallin sat me down and said ‘you need leaders, I’m going to help you’ and gave me Jasmine. I had known Jasmine’s brother Jax, a large rangy spotty dog I had seen race with my friends Matt and Erin. Jasmine pops out from the team with her different coloring, and her spots run so deep she even has spots between her toes.

Jasmine has a reserved nature, rarely jumping around or leaping on people and preferring to make herself known by hollering at you. When she first arrived she was very vocal, but as she slowly settled in she swapped the whining for smiling. Jasmine, according to Colleen and Ward, has a mind of her own and from what I’ve seen I would describe it as two raised eyebrows and a sigh. Jasmine is focused and driven in the front end of the team, and so far has gotten along with everyone and is spending her summer next to Ariel. A short-coated dog, Jasmine particularly loves being brushed by my grooming gloves.

When Jasmine shows up at a race, she is there to race and knows it. From the moment when her feet hit the ground at vet checks until the moment she is back home in her house, Jasmine is a competitive racing dog. When in the start chute of the Can Am 30, you could see it all coming together as she said ‘at last’, and calmly stood and stared down the chute. Jasmine will likely spend much of next year leading puppy runs and the second team.

Jasmine was the ‘J’ litter, including her brother Jax. Sometimes mushers name an entire litter with the same first letter, to keep track of litters over the years.

Born: 2014
Zeus (Peppler) x Cocoa (Wallin)

Race experience:
Can Am 30 2020 (leader)