In the News - Dog Team Found Thanks to GPS!

Read the Full Story Here

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/projects/iditarod-2010/4510-dog-team-found-thanks-to-gps

So how many of you have a GPS? We take our dogs out with us with ours all the time! It's so nice to have when hiking with the girls out in the woods! We also do Geocaching! If you don't know what that is, check it out! It's a ton of fun!

Anyway, I read this story today and was just amazed. #1 Rule of Sled Dogging, NEVER LET GO OF THE SLED!!!! heheh This musher feel asleep while driving his sled and his team just took of into the distance. Could you imagine! That would be so scary!!

The musher was fortunately picked up by another team, and he assumed once he got into the next checkpoint that someone would have his dogs, but when he got there, No dogs were found!! His entire team, sled and all was still missing!

All sleds are fitted with GPS technology now, so they tracked the sled and headed towards, it with worry and fear for the dogs. If lines get tangled and no one is around, the dogs might fight and get hurt! Or if they went over an edge, there are so many things that could happen to them!

They went out twice and tried to find the dogs. . and finally. . they saw the sled tipped over in the deep snow. . and there were all the dogs. . right in line, not tangled, sound asleep! The musher uprighted his sled, and got them going and went back to town.

Isn't that just amazing! Go read the full article at the link above. It's a good read!

Signed

Shiloh & Shelby's Mom

In The News - Lack of Snow may be an issue for Iditarod

Mushers expect rough ride along Farewell Burn

Could you imagine trying to run the Iditarod with a lack of snow??? It sounds like that is what will be happening this year. There is a place in the race called the Farewell Burn. In 1984 there was a controlled burn in the area, so there are barely any trees, and many stumps that stick up from the ground in the area.

It seems as if last week when the Iron Dog Snowmobile races went threw the area, instead of finding nice white snow, they found stumps and mud! Many of the Snowmobile racers had to stop and pack snow into their machines to keep them from overheating!

Now according to the few articles I have read, this will slow down the dogs, but it shouldn't be as big of an issue for them as it was for the Snowmobiles. Reports say only about 13 miles are snowless, so it shouldn't be that bad. Many of the racers aren't even concerned!

How many of you follow the Iditarod? Does anyone keep up with it? Anyone in particular you are hoping wins this year?

In The News - Sightless Sled Dog Mushes On!

This story just had to be shared. A friend of ours send me the video and the story is just so touching. Shelby even watched the video with me when I started playing it. She loves to watch TV! Happy Friday Everyone!