2 days, 40 total miles, and 2 happy 8-dog teams later... dad received 8th place with his team and I received 6th place! Plus, I was only a little over 15 minutes behind the first place team. This was very, very, very good for a couple of distance teams in a more sprint-like race. It was the first race ever for Jasper, Alice, Kaycee, Emmett, and Bella, and they did great! Alice ran lead both days on dad's team too. They had a lot of fun. As far as they know, they won the race. The last day, we started out the chute sixth and ended up finishing first that day, so the dogs thought they won :) Ra was very happy too, he was playing with the gangline near the end of our run the second day. He did this in the Red River Race last year too and just nudges it with his head and bites at it (he doesn't chew through it).
Here were the teams:
Jenny
Khufu ~ Otter
Bella ~ Super Cub
Cessena ~ Tut
Kaycee ~ Ra
Rob
Alice ~ Neffertiti
Newman ~ Annie
Emmett ~ Jasper
Bronson ~ Eastwood
In memory of Rodeo, may he always have good trails, plenty of snow, and a team of wagging tails
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