Summary: Teri Wilson, author of Dog books, and Romance books including ‘Cup of Joe’, ‘All Creatures of Our God & King', ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’, ‘Rodeo Redemption’ (& others) took her southern self to the Alaskan Iditarod and worked a dog team. See www.spanieldiaries.blogspot.com to see what volunteering at the Iditarod is like. Teri explains the unbelievable tug-of war style power of a team of pulling dogs and how she got trained to roll out of the way. What does an ice hook have to do with mushing? Listen to the show and find out. Teri describes the sites of the region including the historical dog journey from Anchorage to Gnome of over 1,000 miles, which brought diphtheria medicine to children and saved lives. This is a great example of dog work that helps humans and teamwork human with dogs. Would you like to go next year and volunteer?
