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I used to mush in the Iditarod and I have some stories to tell
Jack was blowing his coat again. Jesus, does that shit get everywhere! Every April we fill entire garbage bags full of his undercoat when he starts to shed. No matter how much we brush him, it never seems to be enough, and even then, he
Jack is 14 now. In his prime he was an amazing sled dog, we completed the Iditarod twice. Sadly the rest of our team has passed. 14 is certainly old for a malamute, but he has cousins who have lived to be 17. Something in his genes that just keeps him going.
Jack mainly just lays around now. He prefers to be outside. He hangs out on our front porch.
The two of us have been through a lot together- I know how corny that sounds... During our first race, we were just outside of Finger Lake,
One dog, Sophie, seemed to be the most freaked out- Barking into the woods while peeing and growling. Most of the other dogs were simply just whining at this point. Suddenly all the dogs got quiet and I could hear what I can only describe as what sounded like a monkey or a chimp off in the woods. I never saw anything but these sounds went on for about 20 seconds. Definitely not a sound native to Alaska. The dogs have seen countless moose, elk even bears, and wolves, but
I decided to get the dogs focused back on the track. We were still about 15 miles from the checkpoint at Finger Lake. It was getting dark fast and I was pretty freaked out myself. We just powered through until we arrived safely at the check point.
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I told some of the mushers about our weird encounter earlier. One of them, Todd, had something similar happen at about the same place.
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