Comments on: Iditarod 2019 – Day 3

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:29:44 +0000

The pups would have been in real trouble if they hadn’t been found and removed from the underbrush fairly quickly. The harnesses are no different that a snare once they went into the woods for shelter.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:55:40 +0000

That must really be a scary situation. The dogs are gone, and he had no idea whether they might get into trouble with tangled harnesses or get hurt. It must be an awful feeling to know that you can’t be there to help your pups. Although the dogs are better able to take care of themselves in the cold than humans under normal circumstances, I would think the harnesses would create a severe danger. If one falls through the ice somewhere, a dog can’t just pull himself out and possibly will pull all the others down with him. Scary.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 04:01:46 +0000

In reply to JuanitaM. Update on Linwood: his team escaped after his led hit a stump and it took time and the help of Mats Pettersson to locate the AWOL puppies.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:02:10 +0000

In reply to JuanitaM.

Linwood is a fairly mellow guy while Nick is kind of hyper. It is also dependent on the breed. While most of the teams are called “Alaskan Huskies” they are crossbreeds looking for speed. They inherit characteristics from their ancestors, and the Sibs really enjoy howling. The younger dogs are also generally more likely to howl than the older ones.

Jeff never left, but Lance is back hoping to make a decent showing so he can exit with some dignity.

From the public information it looks like somebody on Jason’s crew thought the kennels were abandoned at the Nome dog yard after the end of the race, and then everyone involved got testosterone poisoning. It never went to trial and Jason replaced the kennels. What actually happened is anybody’s guess.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:47:10 +0000

Funny, I saw a couple of videos on the Iditarod site, and Linwood Fiedler’s dogs were all quiet coming into Finger Lake. Nic Petit’s puppies were howling all the way as they were leaving. lol. Like, “Let’s get this show on the road.”

I noticed that Lance Mackey and Jeff King are in it together again for 2019. They were quite the characters back in the day, but I expect health and age have mellowed them down a bit by now. Wonder what happened to Jason Mackey? Oh, I just looked it up and looks like he was charged with stealing kennels from another musher. “?” Can’t imagine scarring your reputation over a few kennels.