Jalerran Siberians is a small show kennel located in Western Pennsylvania near Cook Forest State Park. We are located about two hours north of Pittsburgh, two hours south of Erie, and an hour east of the Ohio border. Our first Siberian began owning us in 1996, and "Potato Chip Syndrome" struck shortly afterwards. We maintain a small number of dogs in an effort to provide individualized attention to each. Our three children play a large role in providing proper socialization for the rest of our extended family.

For Name's Sake
Jalerran Siberians began as being briefly referred to as Highland Siberians. We chose this name arbitrarily because we lived in Highland township. Upon becoming more involved with the breed and the show scene, we learned of a kennel with almost the exact same name - Highlander Siberians. We had already had a website created at that point, and decided that the similarities between names probably wouldn’t be that much of an issue. However, eventually we started getting email from people who had happened upon our website and mistaken us for the other kennel. And, when show entries which had been faxed to the superintendents were not clear, they would always put the wrong kennel name in the catalog. Out of the utmost respect the Palmers of Highlander Siberians and the confusion behind the similarities of the names, we decided to go with something different. 

The new name, Jalerran, is a combination of the middle names of some of the human members of our family; Jane, Lee, Rae, and Ann. We are pronouncing it JA (Juh)......LERR (lair)........ AN (en or an). It does not appear to be similar to the name of any Siberian kennel we're aware of, and we're hoping that it is not a swear word in some foreign language.