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Dear Friends, The dog teams in the 2023 Iditarod have blasted onto the trail! Most of us picture a musher raising puppies, training them into sled dogs, feeding, scooping poop, and making them into a team. But, what if a person wants to race with dogs, yet cannot keep a full dog kennel of their …
A standard marathon is 26.2 miles in length. Iditarod’s Southern Route is 998 miles long. That is pretty close to the length of 39 marathons. If you’ve ever met a marathoner at the finish line, the runner is spent. Even if you give your runner something to drink, a chunk of banana and an orange …
Dogsledding has been part of life in Alaska for a very long time. As snow machines (mobiles), planes, and four-wheel drive vehicles started appearing in the remote areas of Alaska, the sled dog began to disappear. The Iditarod was established as a race to revive the use of, and appreciation for, the sled dog – …
One common misconception about sled dogs is also a question I frequently get from my students: “Why do the dogs look so much like wolves, are they part wolf?” This misconception is not helped by the 1995 Disney cartoon movie “Balto”, where it is falsely stated that Balto is half wolf and “can’t be …
Dear Friends, Teams are coming into Nome like crazy now! The mushers share about their amazing dogs that continued to lead the team and work together. Dan Kaduce is the only musher to have his entire team still with him in Nome, all 14 dogs! Why do some teams come in with fewer dogs? …
Hello friends, Congratulations Slater, Pink, Garnet, Marble, Morello, Lucy, Woody, Tock, Capone, Pop, Arlo, Kutuk, Jackson and Draco! These are the K9s that helped Brent Sass win the 2022 Iditarod. 11 dogs on the team came under the Burled Arch in Nome with tails wagging and smiles on their doggie faces. Awwooooo! It was quite …
The dogs have long been considered the “real athletes” of the Iditarod and the focus of my students year in and year out. Every year my class asks me “Where can I find out more about the Dogs?” The first place I direct them is each of the mushers websites listed on the bio page …
