The Annual ‘Useless Stats about the dog team’ post!

 

With EKG’s, bloodwork, microchipping and vet checks behind us, I thought it was time to fill you all in on useless, but sort of interesting facts about the pool of dogs that I have brought to Alaska with me.

 

As you all know, we have brought 23 dogs up to Alaska with us. Eleven of them - Kara, Snickers, Hilda, Dasher, Loki, Odie, Moses, Crunchie, Jr, Herman, and Hector - are Iditarod finishers. Herman, Hector, Odie, Loki and Moses 2x finishers. Two – Batdog and Olena – have started the Race, but not finished. Three – Jinx, Q and Barq made the trip up with us last year, but didn’t make the final 16 – and the remaining seven – Tesla, Charge, Watt, Spider, Boom, Eeek and Holly are real rookies.

Iditarod Finishers

Kara

Snickers

Hilda

Dasher

Loki

Odie

Moses

Jr

Herman

Hector

 

2 Time Iditarod Finishers

Loki

Odie

Moses

Herman

Hector

Crunchie

 

Iditarod starters, have not finished yet

Batdog

Olena

 

Made it to AK last season, but not the final 16

Jinx

Q

Barq

 

Real Rookies - First time in Alaska!

Tess

Charge

Watt

Spider

Boom

Eeek

Holly

 

The oldest of the lot are Odie, Loki and Kara who were all born June 27, 1999 – making them 7 ½ . The youngest are Watt, Charge and Tess who were born August 2, 2004. The average age for them is 5 years.

 

There is a tie for the heaviest dog in the team between Moses and his boy, Boom, both weighing in at 51.8 lbs. The only other dog over 50 lbs is Crunchie at 50.6.

The lightest is no surprise – little Spider tips the scale at 37.8 lbs, although Jinx is right behind her at 38 lbs even.

The average weight for the 14 boys in the pool is 46.3 lbs. Average for the girls is 40.4 lbs – with an overall average of 44.4 lbs.

 

As mentioned there are 14 boys and 9 girls up here with me.

 

Three of the dogs – Kara, Loki and Dasher are Champion show dogs.

 

Eighteen of the dogs are leaders to one degree or another – only Herman, Eeek, Boom, Loki and Barq would I not classify as ‘front end’ dogs.

 

And if we want to get really silly – lets look at color. Nine of the dogs are grey and white (although that includes Moses and Boom, who are almost white); 12 of the dogs are black and white; and 2 are piebalds – one white/red, one white/grey.

 

And that is your useless stats for the day…..

 

Karen