Special situation needs special actions

First of all – welcome to my blog about the life with sled dogs. I had planned the blog since several month now.

But never found the time.

Now I have time.

Normally I would have been very busy with guest tours from our company 8Seasons MI.EKO BASECAMP. 

A small outdoor tourism company run by Johanna and me. Located in Swedish Lapland at the Arctic Circle.

We are offering outdoor trips all year around, with focus on sustainable activities like canoeing, snowshoeing and sled dog tours. Since last year we are as well running a cozy guesthouse in Överkalix, 8SeasonsVilla.

We are living with 33 sled dogs and 1 cat on a half island in Miekojärvi.

We found our little arctic paradise – build up our live around our growing sled dog team. Reinvested all our money in our company and – off course – the main part in our beloved huskies.

Our calendar was fully booked, our guest came as tourists and left us as friends, we even planned to hire 2 extra guides for the next seasons. The future looked very promising after 12 years of hard work for me and Johanna. We decided to invest in a new grillkota and a sauna for the guests and more equipment like kick bikes, canoes and snowshoes last year. All signs pointed to growth.

Then everything changed within one week.

All our tours got cancelled, we have no guests anymore and it looks like we will not have guests in the summer month either. Our summer season here in the Northern part of Scandinavia is short. No monthly income for an infinite period.

We are in very difficult time right now. All we worked for the last 12 years seems to disappear. I always loved to share my passion for this region, arctic nature and for the sled dogs with our guests, friends and family.

Johanna and I can live with the situation that our company might not exist forever. We could find other jobs, we have always been survivors. But the monthly costs (about 2500 €) for the dogs are difficult to earn with temporary jobs.

The imagination to not be able to keep our dogs is heartbreaking. They are part of our family, everything we do is tailored to the daily life with the dogs. We always improve the health care, type of dogfood and training. To sell the dogs is not really an option, simply because everybody is facing the same situation.

I want to ask you for help to cover the monthly costs for my 33 sled dogs.

I am at my wit’s end.

It feels really wired to ask for this help.

We are used to solve our problems on our own. When we moved to Sweden in 2007, we basically started from scratch. But special situations require special actions. I step out of my comfort zone for the best of the dogs. Me and the dogs will be forever grateful if you like to support the 8SeasonsHuskies with a donation during this hard time.

Every Euro will make a difference.

If you like to support the dogs you can easily fill out the donation box in the sidebar our follow this link. (Donation made via PayPal)