Snow Dog

This is at about 5-6 grade level reading but it is a great story without all the smut and filth you have to wade though in books these days. If you are into outdoor adventures without the trash this is it. There are two books in this series and both are great. This is the first one and Wild Trek is the second.

This book is a fond memory from my youth. I read it as a teenager before moving on to other genres but I never forgot the story. The title escaped me but not the joy it brought me when I read it. I even remembered the author. I'm happy to have found it again.

The trapper Link and his snow dog Chiri are my favorite characters in books by Jim Kjelgaard. Link and Chiri are both natural loners who are steadfast and competent in the far northern wilderness. Chiri's mother is a big pack dog that Link had just bought. Her first litter of puppies had been killed on the trail by a cruel master. With a new litter on the way, she cleverly runs away and bears her three puppies in a windfall in the territory of a fierce black wolf that hates man and dog alike, having been shot early in life. Chiri is the biggest and most promising of her pups, and the only one who escapes from the black wolf. His mother and siblings dead, the lonely pup learns survival by necessity, and being a superior animal, becomes a strong and able hunter. The trapper Link is also strong and competent, but like the orphaned dog, he is lonely. He has dreamed of having a special dog who can be his companion in the wilderness. How he tames the great dog and together they live in nature, experiencing beauty and danger, and hunger and plenty, should make dog lovers and nature lovers of any young person who reads the book. There is a sequel that is just as good, maybe better, entitled "Wild Trek". If you liked these two books of adventure in the north, you would also like "Lost in the Barrens" and "Curse of the Viking Grave" by Farley Mowat.

This was one of the first books I ever read. When I found it on Amazon I bought it and enjoyed it just as much as I did 50+ years ago. The story of Chiri the snow dog born in the wild, left alone while still a pup and finally found by Link the trapper. Who tries to tame him.

A great book for young people. I truly recommend

This is a wonderful, exciting, informative book about the Canadian wilderness, trappers and life in the wild among forest animals. This author loves dogs and the beautiful essential marriage/dependency between dogs and men in the wilderness.

Nice

Bought as a gift for great nephew twins. This author's books have been loved by boys for generations.

It's for my Granddaughter for Christmas but I'm sure she will love it! I did when I was a girl.

Love it

I highly recommend Jim Kjelgards books. All his novels are great! Wild Trek is another great Kjelgard book you should check out.

GREAT BOOK.

Very good!