We continue to work our way through the
official pre Iditarod tasks. Yesterday was the dog's
appointment for their EKGs, bloodwork and microchipping
(well, only the 7 rookies needed chips - the rest
already have them).
Iditarod Headquarters |
Q & Barq waiting |
Eeek |
Snickers |
Holly |
We were the first appointment of the morning and Jan
Bullock and her techs were pleased to see us. In the
past they have all always raved about how friendly my
dogs are and how great they look - this year was no
exception. That always pleases me!
Despite Kara not wanting to give up her blood - she
wasn't being fussy - they just had trouble finding a
vein and getting blood out of it; and Boom less then
cooperative demeanor, we got all 23 dogs in and out of
there in under 2 hours.
Rookies Charge, Watt, Tess, Eeek, Spider, and Holly were
all really good with the whole procedure. Boom was not
impressed with being held down for his EKG and put up a
bit of a battle, but in the end he decided he really
could lie quietly for 8 seconds.
Charge & Karen |
Boom, not so sure of the
stairs! |
Dasher |
Spidey |
Kara |
After spending a lot of my misspent youth around rodeos,
I couldn't help but smile at the fact that cowboys must
stay on rough stock for 8 seconds and Iditarod sled dogs
must be kept quiet for 8 seconds - I wonder which is
harder to achieve?? It might just be a toss up!
I think the consensus though was that the hardest part
of the day was for the dogs was negotiating the grated
metal stairs up into the trailer, despite the mats the
girls were kind enough to lay down for them.
Barq, who seems to be the
happiest dog on the planet! |
Moses & Karen |
Watt |
Loki |
Once the dogs were all done and loaded back into the
truck, we (we being Jamie, Janet, Donna and I) headed
into ITC headquarters so I could take care of some
business and we could all browse through some of the
2007 Iditarod merchandise before heading back to Willow.
One step closer to hitting the trail!!
Karen
Crunchie |
Jinx |
Q & Karen |
Olena & Karen |
ŠPenny Blankenship
