Category Archives: Dog Activities
Iditarod 2015 Leaders as of 3/11/15 @ 10:49 AM / Winning Records
We have a new leader! All five of the top mushers are currently out of the checkpoint at Tanana, but have not yet arrived at Ruby, which is a 119 mile trek. The time shown next to each musher’s name is the time they left Tanana last night.
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Iditarod 2015: Update 3/10/15 @ 3:26 pm / List of Checkpoints
Current Top 5 Standings, as of 3:26 pm on March 10th.
Martin Buser has moved into the lead, the first musher to arrive in Tanana at 3:15.
The next five teams are still between Manley Hot Springs and Tanana. In second place, Peter Kaiser left Manley Hot Springs at 7:58 this morning, followed by Mitch Seavey at 8:38, Jessie Royer at 8:55, and Hugh Neff at 9:17.
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Iditarod Update: 3/10/15 @ 9:40 AM, Alaska Time / New Map due to Lack of Snow
As I sit here at my desk, I can still see piles of snow in my back yard and around my driveway. But in Alaska, they have had so little snow that they actually had to move the race to a new course, pictured here. Up-to-the-minute results this morning are as follows: Continue reading Iditarod Update: 3/10/15 @ 9:40 AM, Alaska Time / New Map due to Lack of Snow
Ready? Set…Go!
From the Iditarod Trail Committee’s Facebook page. These dogs are ready to go!
Iditarod 2015 starts this weekend!
To me, it’s a chance to see beautiful dogs compete at the uppermost level under extreme circumstances. Oh, yeah, and the scenery’s pretty terrific, too!
Here’s how the official Iditarod website describes this epic event:
“The Last Great Race on Earth®”
You can’t compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race covering 1000 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska.
From Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast.
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AKC Celebrates Dogs is on TV January 31st!
Thousands of talented pooches will bark their way onto TV screens across America this January with the airing of AKC Celebrates Dogs. The two hour broadcast of dog-filled fun and competition will appear on Lifetime on Saturday, January 31st at 9AM EST and re-air on LRW at 2PM EST.
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Friday Funny: Police Dog Agility
If you’re being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then onto a little seesaw, then weave through a bunch of poles. They’re trained for that.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Mental and Physical Stimulation Required
If you read our breed guides, you’ll notice that most of them say something about dogs requiring both physical and mental stimulation while you are away. Here’s why:
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Friday Funny: ASB Presents the Best Ball Boys in the World
I can’t imagine how they kept the dogs from all running onto the court after every ball!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!