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We don't give a damn how they do it OUTSIDE.
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Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
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Looking down the beach. Not much beach left with the high tide.
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Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Their First Iditarod
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(NPR)...she [Braverman] doesn't consider herself just an athlete. She's also a coach, a nutritionist, a parent, even a veterinary tech for her team. All her dogs, 14 hand-picked racers from a group of 20 that she has been training, have undergone physicals as extensive as the preparations for any professional athlete in the NBA or NFL, from electrocardiograms to vaccinations.
"They were gone over with a fine-tooth comb by this great volunteer team of vets," Braverman says. "And I'm happy to report that they all have top marks in all their health records, and they're doing great."
The dogs are a sharp but motley crew of strong personalities. Pepe is the steady, "mature" head of the pack. Flame is Braverman's "shadow" and has raced with her in every qualifier. Jenga, Flame's half sister, "doesn't suffer fools."
And there are others, like Boudica, who loves gentle kisses; Colbert, a "big hunk" who is afraid of heights; and Grinch, who didn't make the Iditarod team because he had some directional trouble. On a recent outing, he stopped in his tracks and refused to run after Braverman turned the sled around to head north instead of south.
"He has the biggest heart," she says. "The most energy. And he's incredibly stupid."...
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"They were gone over with a fine-tooth comb by this great volunteer team of vets," Braverman says. "And I'm happy to report that they all have top marks in all their health records, and they're doing great."
The dogs are a sharp but motley crew of strong personalities. Pepe is the steady, "mature" head of the pack. Flame is Braverman's "shadow" and has raced with her in every qualifier. Jenga, Flame's half sister, "doesn't suffer fools."
And there are others, like Boudica, who loves gentle kisses; Colbert, a "big hunk" who is afraid of heights; and Grinch, who didn't make the Iditarod team because he had some directional trouble. On a recent outing, he stopped in his tracks and refused to run after Braverman turned the sled around to head north instead of south.
"He has the biggest heart," she says. "The most energy. And he's incredibly stupid."...
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At least some dogmushers admit it's a fucking business. What I don't care for are the recreational folk who run dogs and use subsistence foods to feed them.
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Blair is pretty groovy. I've been following her on Twitter.
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10AM Alaska time (2PM Eastern) is the start.
A little surprise this year will be Lisa M driving Jeff King's second sled from downtown out to Campbell Airstrip.
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The Iditarod starts (ceremonially) in under 2 hours. Town is full of tourists and the local businesses are getting a winter boost. In two weeks, the price of fur items will drop back to normal. I'm betting that there's no record runs this year. It looks like there's going to be a bunch of new snow coming in and temperatures won't be low enough to run the pups hard.
It's a good day to not go downtown.
It's a good day to not go downtown.
