Libby Here!

The other day I got an email from a classroom in Texas.  They wondered how dogs can keep warm while running in Iditarod.

My human likes to dress me up.  I have lots of coats and jackets.  The coats just make me look  so much cuter!  Don’t you agree?

Try this.  Stand up.   Look at the clock.  Run in place as fast as you can for one minute.  Did you warm up?  I am guessing you felt a little warmer after running fast for a minute.  That shows us that when we exercise, we are burning calories.  We are ‘warming up’.  I am sure you can think of many examples that show moving warms you up.

Our fur friends who are running the Iditarod have their own special ‘natural’ coat.  They stay nice and warm.  Sometimes mushers do put coats on their dogs.  Sometimes when it is very cold and windy, the mushers cover my fur friends with nice warm blankets.  With straw for a bed and the cuddly blanket, I am sure the doggies get a good sleep.

Sled dogs stay warm because of their own coat and because their mushers take good care of them.

Just Spinning Some ‘De-tails’!

Libby