About Us
Lisa and Andrew Gersbach - Idigadog Owners
Caleb Morgan Gersbach - New addition to the Idigadog family
Idigadog began in 1996 when two gorgeous Alaskan Malamutes entered our lives. Aspen and Dakota were to be the driving force behind what we are and have achieved today.
As soon as the litter mates were old enough to train in harness, we took our first steps towards life as we know it now.
Andrew, Aspen and Dakota have achieved what most Alaskan Malamute teams only dream of. Undefeated in their class for 5 years, our reputation and success is renowned Australia wide. They are the only Mallie team to have won the prestigious Altitude 5000 Sled Dog Race and they earned themselves the title of Australia's fastest Alaskan Malamutes. Both Aspen and Dakota are titled with WTD (Working Team Dog).
Our defeat of many Siberian Husky teams and top 5 placings at plenty of races, earned the respect of Australia's finest mushers.
In 1999, Phoenix joined the clan and earned her own reputation for being a spunky, hard-working sled dog. Lisa and Phoenix finished with a 2nd place in their very first race. With many 1st place Alaskan Malamute awards, she continued the winning streak for the Idigadog team. Phoenix is also a WTD title holder.
2004 was to be our hardest year with us losing Aspen. Her departure to doggy heaven has left a major hole in our hearts and life and we seriously considered retiring from racing.
By chance, Natalie Brown (Sibenah Siberian Huskies) offered two of her darling boys for us to run for the season and well, they were a Godsend at the right time. We fell in love with Spike and Rex and had such a great year with them that we decided to make them permanent members of Idigadog. The timing was perfect!
Christmas 2005 saw Cooper join our doggy family. A pocket-rocket young fellow who is the centre of attention. He has an awesome attitude in harness as well as in the backyard. Cooper is definately our future!
2007 brought us Jonty. This little man has been a long wait. His father was Alaskan's Max Factor of Anadyr a three time Iditarod Leader. Jonty was born in October 2006 through an AI mating with a beautiful girl called Molly who belongs to Natalie McIllree in Western Australia. We hold high hopes for Jonty's future and can't wait to see him in harness.
January 2006 saw us travel to the U.S. to be race judges for the Eagle Cap Sled Dog Race in Joseph, Oregon. This was a fantastic experience for both of us and we have made some life-long friends. As far as we know, Andrew is the only Australian to be a Race Judge in the U.S. We have been invited back again next year and hope to be able to continue to do this with the Joseph crew for years to come.
Andrew has been the President of the Canberra Sled Dog Club for numerous years but is taking a back-seat role on the committee this year. He is also the President of the Australian Sleddog Sports Association.
2006 saw our two legged addition to our family. Caleb Morgan Gersbach was born on the 22nd May and is our mini musher in the making! Lisa had the 2006 season off - naturally, but has been back in full force since then.
We are members of the following organisations:
Australian Sleddog Sports Association
International Siberian Husky Club
Royal NSW Canine Council
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