Piñata

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Sex: Male
Date of Birth: July 23rd, 2016
Sire: Lucor (retired from Denali 2019)
Dame: Annie (retired from Denali 2021)
Littermates: Cupcake, Happy, Party
Theme: Birthday (in honor of the 100th Birthday of the National Park Service)
Current Weight: 75 pounds
Current Patrol Miles: 11,927
Current Miles in Lead: 4,566
Most likely to: win at hide and seek

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L-R: Cupcake, Pinata, and Party at two months, Pinata takes a break on the sled during his first winter in the backcountry.

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Lead Dog

Piñata has been one of our main leaders for many years. He is very much a people pleaser and just wants to do what is asked of him. He is a trail breaking machine and is always striving to be a good boy. Pinata takes a little while to warm up to new people, but that makes his relationships with the people he trusts that much more special. We joke that his harness is his superhero cape. He is happiest on the trail pulling a sled. 

 

L-R: Pinata break trails through deep snow - he's following snowshoe tracks put in by a musher! Matrix and Pinata in lead in the winter. Matrix and Pinata pose in the summer. Sun's out tongues out!

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