Dog Blog

Leg One: The Race Start to Portage, 63 Miles, 40 Degrees Fort Kent, Maine, with a population under 5,000, sits at the confluence of the...

Most of us are aware that dogs have an incredible sense of smell, estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times more powerful than that of...

In the starting chute at the Tahquemenon Sled Dog Race, I waited two minutes for my exact start time to arrive. The dogs were barking...

Last March, over spring break, Sylvia, then age 7, had her first chance to mush a two-dog team. It would stand to reason that a...

The plan for the road trip was set in motion before the puppies were born. My friend Sally said she had a dog in heat....

If I spent much time here telling you about the training we have done so far this fall, I’m afraid you would likely flip the...

“What do the dogs do in the summer?” Friends ask us this frequently, and until this year, our reply has been, “rest.” This year, most...

UP200 I had my start time wrong and downtown Marquette was already chaotic. There were more people crowding a several block stretch than live in...