Chekody Kennels is owned by Melanie Saxinger & Mark Titley and was established in 1996. We are located in Canberra, Australia.

Our aim is to be a kennel now and in the future, that will produce multipurpose Malamutes who are high achievers, be it in the show ring, running/sledding, weight pull, obedience and more. Most importantly our aim is to have and produce healthy Alaskan Malamutes who are great family members.

Our breeding program has been established with the top winning and producing kennels in the world and semen from some of the top winning dogs and lines in the world. These lines are Sno Klassic and Nanuke from USA and Taolan from Canada.

We've imported Cola and Sadie from Sno Klassic/Nanuke in 2006, CC from Nanuke in 2007 and we've imported semen from various dogs over the years. This is the bases of our breeding program and we will continue along with local and overseas dogs and semen in the future, to continue our kennel.

The name Chekody was formed to give tribute to earlier Malamutes, Cheeba (Che) and Kody (kody), for bring us into the world of Malamutes.

 

About Melanie and Mark:

Both of us are high achievers in everything we do. We both play important roles in our busy and challenging jobs, which can be very demanding on us. So our dogs and activities we do with them are our hobby and our time out from work. We place a very high importance on our dogs and are honest and hard workers with them.

After a family holiday in Austria when Mel was six years of age, visiting friends at their ski lodge, Mel knew she had to have an Alaskan Malamute. They had a beautiful black and white female Alaskan Malamute, who Mel would watch from her bedroom window or ask to pat time and time again when in the lodge. Mel knew from that day on, she wanted one of these dogs. Mel got involved with Alaskan Malamutes in 1996.

Mark use to own and show German Shepherds in the 80s. After many years without a dog, he decided he wanted to get back into dogs. After he met a few Alaskan Malamutes, he knew he had to have one. Mark got his first Alaskan Malamute when he got Poss from Mel in 2004.

We hope you enjoy our website, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.