Dog Blog

One of the most frequent questions we get asked is how we train dogs in the summer. In short, in our climate, it’s too hot...

We had a rather long break between our last run of winter 2024, which was on the ice of the Yukon River in Alaska, and...

I remember when Ringo was born, he came out bigger than the rest, vying for attention from that first day in a litter of seven,...

The day before the race, I knew I was coming down with something. Wednesday had been vet checks and perhaps there was a bug flying...

I left off my Dog Blog a month ago at a particularly unlucky time. Matt and Josh were on their way north mid-January with 20...

One of the more complex pieces to plan for the Iditarod is what are called “drop bags,” which are re-supply bags sent ahead to each...

In early December, I made a 24-hour trip to Anchorage for the Iditarod rookie meeting. I and 16 other aspiring Iditarod mushers attended a one-day...

I know it’s cliché to say, but there is so much going through my head right now, I feel it is going to explode. Sometimes,...