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Sled Dog Kennel Owner

Dogs: Zoya Denure, Gakona, AK
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Would you rather spend your days with a team of dogs than a department full of suits? Has your thirst for adventure in work life gone unquenched? Does the idea of fresh snow on your face and wind blowing through your hair sound like a refreshing change? Then it’s time to work your dream job for three days with Dogsled Racer, Dog Rescuer and Dog Kennel owner, Zoya Denure, at Crazy Dog Mushing Kennel to learn the joys of owning your own dog kennel and sled team!

Zoya’s journey to Alaska and the world of dog sled racing is quite fascinating. After growing up in Wisconsin, Zoya spent 12 years as an international model, flying all over the world in high fashion. After deciding to move back to Wisconsin, Zoya bought a dog - a Siberian Huskie named Ethan. After seeing dogs pull huge amounts of weight in a pull-competition, Zoya was hooked. Amazed by the incredible relationship between the dogs and their owners, she researched and found a woman sprint musher with 75 dogs in northern Wisconsin. She had found her mentor! After several months of mentoring, Zoya moved out to the country, bought 16 dogs and began training on a four mile course in the Wisconsin farmland.

Zoya was thrilled by the new changes in her life, and in 2001 decided to take the big plunge to live her dream-job lifestyle. So she picked up and moved to Alaska, preparing to become a full-fledged dogsled racer and kennel owner. She found a mentor in Iditarod musher Bill Cotter, who taught her much of what she needed to know. Zoya now has a team of 45 dogs, 25 of whom she rescued. She continually races her dogs, placing in many well-known races and is now training to run the legendary Iditarod. Zoya says her dogs are always #1 for her and her husband, John, winner of the famous Yukon Quest. Zoya’s diverse background and her ability to follow her dreams and make a major career change (with the help of a few carefully-chosen guides) make her the perfect VocationVacations Mentor!

Your Dogsled and Kennel Owner VocationVacations® dream job holiday activities will include some or all of the following:
  • Train sled dogs
  • Gain understanding of running a musher’s kennel
  • Participate in tour group presentation
  • Take dogs for practice run with sled/ATV
  • Overview of racing equipment
  • Overview of training equipment
  • Learn about importance of rescue work
  • Feed dogs
  • Water dogs
  • Walk dogs
  • Harness dogs
The Dogsled and Kennel Owner VocationVacations® holiday includes:
  • Three days of one-on-one mentorship in your dream job as a Dogsled and Kennel Owner
  • Three nights accomodations in the Crazy Dog Kennel Guest House
  • The ability to take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), an online personality assessment designed to identify interests and skill sets
  • The opportunity to participate in a total of one hour of pre- and post-VocationVacation career coaching from an accredited, affiliated VocationVacations career coach
  • A pocket-size VocationVacations journal so you can document your dream job becoming a reality
  • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with your mentor

Available: January, April, June - September and December, based on mentor's availability with exception of holiday weekends and major race training periods

Price: $1449 Per Person

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Included Accommodations

Crazy Dog Kennel Guest House

(Accomodations are included in the price of the Zoya Denure VocationVacation®)

Other activities and tourist destinations while on your VocationVacations® adventure:

Reservation, Cancellation and Rescheduling Rules and Conditions:

Full payment of the VocationVacations dream job holiday is required to make a reservation. A $100 non-refundable fee is assessed if a VocationVacations experience is cancelled or rescheduled prior to 14-days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday, based on the approved availability of the mentor to reschedule. A VocationVacations adventure cannot be rescheduled and is non-refundable if cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday. Written notification of cancellation or rescheduling is required in all cases. In the US, Grounded Nomads, LLC and VocationVacations holidays encourage all customers to acquire travel insurance to cover any unforeseen expenses due to cancellation or rescheduling. In the UK, Grounded Nomads, Ltd and VocationVacations holidays must require all customers to acquire travel insurance to cover any unforeseen expenses due to cancellation or rescheduling and provide verification of such travel insurance to Grounded Nomads, Ltd.