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            New Dog Yard Photos 
			
				I took some pictures of the dogs in 
				the yard yesterday. (posted below). 
				 
				The dogs are doing great. With the exception of Jr, who I'm 
				giving a little extra time off to for sure heal, everyone is 
				back running. 
				 
				It is likely that my Taiga 300 race team will come from a pool 
				of 14 of my Iditarod dogs, as they are all strong and healthy 
				and the rest have been laid off for about 3 weeks. The challenge 
				in training them this next week or so will be to try and get 
				some speed back into them. They learn to pace and conserve 
				themselves on Iditarod and now I need to convince them we aren't 
				going to go 700 or so miles in this race. 
  
            
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