When Jake finally gets a puppy to call his own, all he can think about
is the fast, strong sled dog that his puppy will become. But Kamik is
far from an obedient sled dog. He won't listen, he tracks mud all over
the house, and he's a lot more work than Jake ever thought a puppy could
be! But after a visit with his grandfather, who raised many puppies of
his own while living out on the land, Jake learns that Inuit have been
raising puppies just like Kamik to be obedient, resourceful, helpful
sled dogs for generations.
Inspired by the real-life recollections of an elder from Arviat,
Nunavut, this book lovingly recreates the traditional dog-rearing
practices that prevailed when Inuit relied on dogs for transportation
and survival.