Iditarod photos

[Sunlei]

29. I tried to buy a house in that small town, appreciate the pics of the town.

It's a small town but Alaska is a beautiful state. With climate change looks like that area will turn back to moderate tundra and they won't have enough snow to run a 1,000 mile dog race. Unless they go to wheeled carts and sponsors up the prize money. Or they could start using horses or dogs that can pull weight through mud.

Land there though, check real estate..not much for sale at all. Land is sky-high. You see one day fairly soon a tunnel will be built from Nome to Russia. Private investers will back that cost.

After all by the official alaska state laws for animal abuse...rodeo animals and sled dogs are exempt. Legally they can do anything to those animals.

Love your pictures. Looked over generally the dogs condition and they look very healthy. Competition animals are a bit ribby, thats normal. Must be normal to use mixbreeds, the ones with long legs. All neutered and docile (lI didn't notice any unneutered males)..because you just wouldn't want your pack to be fighting with each other or waste energy barking/agressive at people.

A couple the tape to hold on the boots looks a bit tight, swelling above the tape. also the little nub on the back of the pastern is inflamed on some of them. I've used tape and wraps on both my sports dogs and horses. These things happen sometimes with boots that are necessary to keep the feet/hoof from wearing to the bone or balled up with snowpack.

sorry to be so wordie and it's very nice you took the time to post your pictures. People are different and when they look at a picture they can see different things based on their life experiences.