I got a call from Aliy a little while ago, telling me that both teams had completed their short ride through Anchorage in fine shape, dropped off their Iditariders, loaded up the dogs and made it to Wasilla with no problems. They’ve all — canine and human — had dinner … Read More
Okay! Here is a video of the action before the Ceremonial Start. It’s impossible to describe — or even show — what it’s really like to have almost a thousand dogs — and many thousands of people — in such a small area, but I think this will give you … Read More
I have just returned from 4th Avenue in Anchorage where — only minutes ago! — both SP Kennel teams had clean “ceremonial” starts to the 2009 Iditarod. I have a lot of “pre-start” footage that I think will be good, but it will take me some time to edit it. … Read More
The day started, of course, with an early morning dropping of the dogs in the hotel parking lot, followed by a breakfast “strategy” meeting of the team. Basically, since there’s quite a crew of us here — Aliy, Allen, Bridgett, Doug, Mickey, Kaz, Leslie, Tamara and me — we all … Read More
If you’ve been following the Dog Log for a while, you are probably well aware that dog care is the number one priority at SP Kennel. This is always true, but it is especially true when the teams are “on the road” or away at races. Dog care comes before … Read More
It’s late Thursday night — early Friday morning, actually — as I post this, so it’s been a long day! Bridgett, Kaz, Mickey, Doug and I turned the Kennel lights on at 6 o’clock this morning and sang the dogs their good morning song. By 7 o’clock we had 34 … Read More
We’re all on our way down to Anchorage for the Iditarod starts! Did you know there are actually two of them? In this episode, Aliy describes both the “Ceremonial Start” on Saturday and the “Official Start” on Sunday: If you are having trouble with the embedded mp3 player, you can … Read More
Allen and Aliy are flying down to Anchorage today to start their pre-race activities, so we gathered at the Kennel last night for a little “Bon Iditarod” dinner. Afterward, we kicked around the idea of recording something to share with all of you. Aliy said she didn’t really know what … Read More
