Pedigree of: Ch. Monadnock's Pando

KINGEAK
SMOKEY OF SEPPALA
PEARL
WOLFE OF SEPPALA
TSERKO (Siberia import)
SIGRID OF SEPPALA
DUSHKA
Bonzo of Taku
(TOGO???)
Sepp 3rd
(unknown)
Ch. Cheenah of Alyeska
Duke
Tosca of Alyeska
Tanta of Alyeska
Ch. Alyeska's Suggen of Chinook
Ch. Turu of Alyeska
Ch. Wonalancet's Baldy of Alyeska
Toska of Wonalancet
King Husky of Wonalancet
BELFORD'S WOLF
Tcheeakio of Alyeska
Cheeak of Alyeska
Kituh of Taku
Ch. Laddy of Wonalancet
Igloo Pak Chuckchee
Tchuchis of Wonalancet
Igloo Pak's Kresta
Ch. Laddy of Wonalancet
Igloo Pak Vixen
Tchuchis of Wonalancet
Monadnock's Kolya
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Turu of Alyeska
Cheeak of Alyeska
Ch. Wonalancet's Baldy of Alyeska
SAPSUK OF SEPPALA
Toska of Wonalancet
Tosca of Alyeska
Izok of Gap Mountain
KREE VANKA (Siberia import)
CH. VANKA OF SEPPALA 2nd
TOSCA
DUCHESS OF COLD RIVER
SMOKEY OF SEPPALA
SKY OF SEPPALA
NANNA
Monadnock's Kira
BURKA OF SEPPALA
VALUIKI OF COLD RIVER
DELZEUE OF COLD RIVER
Ch. Vanya of Monadnock 3rd
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Panda
Tosca of Alyeska
Panda Girl
VALUIKI OF COLD RIVER
Ch. Vanya of Monadnock 3rd
Ch. Panda
Nadejda
VANKA OF SEPPALA
Ch. Kira of Monadnock
Tosca of Alyeska
Ch. Monadnock's Pando [AKC W609980]
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Turu of Alyeska
Cheeak of Alyeska
Ch. Wonalancet's Baldy of Alyeska
SAPSUK OF SEPPALA
Toska of Wonalancet
Tosca of Alyeska
Izok of Gap Mountain
KREE VANKA (Siberia import)
CH. VANKA OF SEPPALA 2nd
TOSCA
DUCHESS OF COLD RIVER
SMOKEY OF SEPPALA
SKY OF SEPPALA
NANNA
Monadnock's Petya
BURKA OF SEPPALA
VALUIKI OF COLD RIVER
DELZEUE OF COLD RIVER
Ch. Vanya of Monadnock 3rd
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Panda
Tosca of Alyeska
Tanya of Monadnock
KREE VANKA (Siberia import)
VANKA OF SEPPALA
TOSCA
Ch. Kira of Monadnock
Duke
Tosca of Alyeska
Tanta of Alyeska
Ch. Monadnock's Nina
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Turu of Alyeska
Cheeak of Alyeska
Ch. Wonalancet's Baldy of Alyeska
SAPSUK OF SEPPALA
Toska of Wonalancet
Tosca of Alyeska
Izok of Gap Mountain
KREE VANKA (Siberia import)
CH. VANKA OF SEPPALA 2nd
TOSCA
DUCHESS OF COLD RIVER
SMOKEY OF SEPPALA
SKY OF SEPPALA
NANNA
Monadnock's Laska
BURKA OF SEPPALA
VALUIKI OF COLD RIVER
DELZEUE OF COLD RIVER
Ch. Vanya of Monadnock 3rd
BELFORD'S WOLF
Ch. Panda
Tosca of Alyeska
Panda Girl
VALUIKI OF COLD RIVER
Ch. Vanya of Monadnock 3rd
Ch. Panda
Nadejda
VANKA OF SEPPALA
Ch. Kira of Monadnock
Tosca of Alyeska

(PURE SEPPALA dogs in this pedigree are indicated by purple-coloured type and capital letters.)

"PANDO," bred by Lorna B. Demidoff was the first great modern Siberian Husky show dog. "Rarely defeated in breed competition, [he] was winning and placing in the Working Group at a time when Siberians were rarely even looked at. From 1957 through 1961, he won four Specialty Shows and five consecutive Bests of Breed at Westminster," goes his description in The New Complete Siberian Husky by Michael Jennings.

The heavily-inbred Pando was a "prepotent sire" who permanently changed the look of the Siberian Husky breed. Jennings states, "at the 1966 Specialty Show held in Philadelphia, it was discovered that of the 103 dogs being exhibited, 100 were direct descendants of Pando," who was eleven years old at that time and appeared there in Veteran Dog class, winning the class at his final public appearance in a dog show.

This crucial show-dog pedigree from the late 1950s clearly demonstrates the "non-unique Seppala" contribution to the Siberian Husky show-dog genome. Pando's actual Seppala percentage is 74.61% (this is higher than previously quoted figures, a more accurate figure obtained through ancestral database calculations). This pedigree and its Seppala percentage eloquently shows the futility of using "back-to-the-boat" percentage calculations to determine Seppala status.

This six-generation pedigree demonstrates how deeply indebted Mrs. Demidoff was to the Wheeler and Turner kennels for the foundation of her successful show bloodline. Although the fact is traditionally downplayed in favour of the glorification of Eva B. Seeley, the pedigree makes it obvious that without Cold River and Seppala Kennels, Monadnock would not have been possible.