Hi Boys and Girls,
Do you know that you can write to Zuma, Sanka, Libby and myself to ask us questions or tell us something about you or the race? Well you can and this is how you can do it. To email us, go to: http://iditarodblogs.com/zuma/email-the-k-9-reporters/ or under the blog posts you can click on ‘add a comment”. We’d love to hear from all of you.
To help you ask the best questions and get a quick answer, I have decided to share a few tips with you. Please remember these when writing to us.
1. Look around the Iditarod site or the zuma paw prints blog and see if you can find the answer to your questions. A few places you can try are:
For race rules go to; http://www.iditarod.com/race/iditarodrules.html
Route and Checkpoint information: http://www.iditarod.com/race/route.html
Musher listing: http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html
For general information and pictures: http://www.iditarod.com/learn/
2. Keep your questions brief and please only ask 1 or 2 questions at a time.
3. Your question may be answered by a different K9 reporter than you wrote to. During the race we are really busy reporting on the race. We take turns answering emails and blog comments. Since we want you to get an answer as soon as possible, whoever is answering mail will answer your letter. If we can’t answer a question meant for another reporter, we will forward your email or comment to that reporter. Please be patient as it may take a little longer for you to get your answer.
4. Please give us a day or two to answer your questions. For the next few weeks we will be receiving hundreds of emails and blog comments every day. We don’t want to give rushed answers so it takes time. We will try to answer all the mail we receive.
5. Before asking us personal questions like how many brothers and sisters we have or where do we live, please go to our bios and read about each of us.
6. FOR TEACHERS: when you send us a class email or blog comment, please make sure your students do not add their last names or private email addresses. While we monitor all mail before it is posted, it’s better not to include this information. Also, please read what your students want to send. We want to be able to reply to each student in your class and sometimes it is not possible with what is sent.
We can’t wait to read all your comments and questions. We love mail.
Happy trails and have fun writing. I can’t wait to hear from you.
Gypsy