About Xandra ...
Xandra” (Zan-dra) joined our family in December 2004, hailing from Ann and George Cook of Alkas'iber Kennel in Campton, NH. She comes from a long line of successful show and race-proven sled dogs with a pedigree that features White Water Lake lines from Nekanesu and earlier Kodiak before other strains were added. She is sister to our Alec. In her first season running with the Braeburn team, she was very enthusiastic, but somewhat unfocused and squirrelly owing to the fact that she had just moved from the kennel where she had lived her entire life; she chewed necklines and barked incessantly whenever the team stopped, although, in her defense it was because she wanted to keep running! Three seasons later, her enthusiasm has been channeled, she has settled into her life with us and she has developed a focused and steady work style in harness.

While she knows how to lead, her comfort zone is as a team dog where she leans into the harness mile after mile. Xandra has a gorgeous howl and is almost always the one to start the kennel singing. One chorus we can count on is a thank you howl about 20 minutes we've left the kennel in the evening (the howling dog on the home page is Xandra). Perhaps most importantly, Xandra is one of the founding dogs of our kennel as she is the mother of our first litter of pups, and what a super mom she was! The sire is TWD's Argonaut of Alkas'iber (“Jordan”), a first string leader for Ann and George. Xandra delivered eight healthy, gorgeous huskies into this world October 29, 2005 (click on the Puppies signpost for pictures). Four of those pups, one daughter and three sons, are now a part of our kennel and team.