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April 18, 2015 by

In our busy lives and in this day and age of instant messaging, texts and emails it seems to be somewhat of a dying art to get an “old-fashioned” letter.

That is why we enjoy this time of year so much – we receive so many of these “old-fashioned” letters written by youngsters. It is truly entertaining to read their letters, look at their enclosed photos of themselves, their families and of course, their dogs. Reading these letters is often a “reality check” because kids are honest and forthcoming in their assessment in our races.

We reply to every letter we receive with a return envelope. Although it takes some time, it is a fun few days for us.

We need to extend a BIG thank you to Pleasant Valley Store/Trailside Mail for sorting all our mail!


Our Post Office box was full today!

It is a post-season boost to receive a letter from someone who has been following the Iditarod and is so enthusiastic about the race and our kennel. The effort some of these kids put into decorating their envelopes or drawing a picture is humbling.

Here are the stand out quotes this year:

  • “I think you are the best musher in the United States of America.” – from Ohio
  • “We like how you took your breaks and you did pretty good for a girl.” – from North Carolina
  • “Please remember that you’re awesome.” – from Maryland

If you know a youngster interested in our kennel check out these two pages that will hopefully be of use: our Students and Teachers page and our Dog Mushing Basics page (NOTE: the Mushing Basics page isn’t only for students!!).

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  • Haha, love the cute comments…especially "you did pretty good, for a girl". So sweet the drawings and time taken!!

    Best, Trish

  • These are great…….the kids got it right….you are the best Musher in the USA, you really took great breaks at the right times (even for a girl) and you ARE beyond awesome! LOL….bet you brought your "A" Game this year as suggested by a youngster last year!! Kids do say the darndest things….smiles and laughs all the way around!

  • Love the quotes you shared. The kids cut right to the heart of SPK & its mushers. What great drawings. Thanks. Now that the crush of April15 is over, I can enjoy and share in the doglog again. Thanks. You are gaining life long fans in the kids & maybe some future participants.

  • In the late 1980's and 1990's Gymnast Shannon Miller had her own Zip Code. Looks like Pleasant Valley store needs that!
    Shannon, "did pretty good for a girl" too. She ran like a girl, tumbled like a girl, and did flips on a 4" wide balance beam like a girl. She also took home more Olympic medals than any US male gymnast,
    like a girl…..
    You go girl! Ha ha.

  • Thanks for sharing some of the wonderful letters. I love the one with the arrow saying "DOG" just in case you didn't recognize it! Great drawings. What matters most is so often role modeled by kids and dogs.

  • Kids are great, and as you say, they are very honest. Thanks for mentioning the Students & Teachers link. I'm not a teacher so I had never read that page until this morning. I learned some new things. It's so great that you encourage classrooms to use the information found on this site.

  • Scrap book them, in a "Few" years you will get many warm memories from reading them. Especially needed after a race like this one 🙂
    Mike Jonrowe

  • These are real treasures…look at the work and care given to the letters. Pretty special!

    You should keep a yearly log of the stand out quotes.

    Holly

  • So great to get the kids involved!

    They are learning skills such as how to do internet research even though they are still of the age to prepare such impressive art work for you!!!

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