Dog Blog

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,...

Over the past 12 or so years that we have raced sled dogs, I’ve been asked many times if we have thought about running “that...