I bought Piper (now known as Peter), from Brenda Mackey in the spring of 2013, for the purpose of breeding and being an extra leader for training. He has produced many great dogs for Brenda and other mushers in Alaska. Described as Rick Mackey's best dog in 2009. "He's so smooth and he hasn't worn a bootie in 2000 miles of training" David Sawatzky on Peter (aka Piper) fitting in with his 3-6 yr old 2013 Iditarod team. He is a beautiful dog, and still moves great for his age. He still has energy younger than his age, but since he ran Iditarod this year as an almost 11 year old dog, age doesn't seem to be an issue!