I have many good photographs of Ernie from over the years! Ernie arrived as a companion for my first Alaskan Malamute, Tala, so he is neutered. He is 'great old uncle Ernie to Ooky and great GREAT uncle Ernie to Tinker. While he is not related to Bert, he is Bert's very best friend. With Ernie, I learned about weight pulling! I took Ernie to Pack and Pull one year and he pulled a few hundred pounds. I thought that was fun, so I took him back the next year. His second pull was almost 1300 pounds and he won the entire event, pulling more weight than any of the other Alaskan Malamutes. Ernie has won every weight pull competition - his class and event - available in Ontario on multiple occasions. Ernie has had quite a few health tests, in spite of being 'only a pet' and it is his OFA excellent Xrays for his hips and elbows that I have posted to show people what they are. He has other OFA certifications too, and you can see them on the list to the ride side of this column. Ernie, like my other dogs, eats a RAW or Barf diet for Alaskan Malamutes.

Ernie is neutered / altered so he can't be shown 'for real' - but it hasn't stopped him from doing other things. He has met the requirements for two working titles, though I haven't sent any of the paperwork in for them, and has three behavior / temperament tests - including one for herding sheep! He has attended many info and working demonstrations for the Alaskan Malamute HELP League and the Alaskan Malamute Club of Canada during his life and is as a well‐behaved breed ambassador.

He began his 'altered conformation career' at just over nine years of age and has secured points toward his 'altered' championship in the Canadian Kennel Club with these wins. For 'conformation' he has:
- two 'altered' Group Firsts wins (CKC conformation shows)
- 'altered' BISS (AMCC National Specialty)
- two 'altered' Reserve Best in Shows (UKC) - at ten-and-a-half years and in six days of 'showing' :)
- two 'Best Opposite Sex in Specialty'
... and several other wins and very pretty wins leading up to these :)

Ernie has qualified for both his 'WWPD - Working Weight pull dog' and 'WPD - Working Pack Dog' certificates. Maybe some day I will actually send in the paper work to get them! Way more fun - and time-consuming - to be doing things with a dog! Although he's run many hundreds of miles, I have never kept track of a single one. Wonder if the 'old guy' has it in him to do 40 more?! :)

Ernie's Wins

Ernie's registered name:Yukonjak’s Ernie CGN, TT, HIC 
Parents: Sire: Yukonjak's Red Joker X
Dam: Yukonjak's Spooky Boo

Barest Minimum:
OFA Certified Hips: #AM-13070E112M-VPI - Excellent (August 2011)
OFA Certified eyes: CERF #AM-3020 (2007, 2009, Aug 2010)

Additional health or other certifications:
OFA Certified Elbows: #AM-EL639M112-VPI - (August 2011)
OFA Certified Patella: #AM-PA27/120M/P-VPI
OFA Certified Cardiac: #AM-CA116/100M/C-VPI Cardiologist
OFA Certified Thyroid: #AM-TH112/120M-VPI - (March 2012)
OFA Certified Dentition: #AM-DE2/120M-VPI - DVM Certified
OFA Certified LCP: #AM-LP1/112M-VPI
OFA Certified Degenerative Myleopathy: #AM-DM3/120M-VPI
OFA Certified DNA Data: #AM-DNA-271-S
OFA Certified CHIC Number: #74836
AMCA CHD Certificate (AMCA link): #14359
AMCV CHD Certificate (AMCV link): #161

Aesthetic Tests (coat colors, types - NOTHING to do with health):
DNA - B Locus (brown) - Does carry (B/B)
DNA - D Locus (dilute) - Does not carry (D/D)
DNA - E Locus (white) - Does not carry (E/E)
DNA - Long Coat Test - Carries

OFA Online Verification: Ernie