Saturday 3 March 2007

March 3, 2007 2007 Iditarod Teams


I'm going to try to sit down and do a real diary entry later today or tonight, but in the meantime I thought I'd let you know who was on the Ceremonial Start team today and who will be on the actual Iditarod team tomorrow (Yes, I've decided and NO, the decision was NOT easy - in fact, I'm heartbroken over some of the dogs that are being left behind).

Ceremonial Start (don't hold to the placement of dogs, there was a bit of confusion as we were hooking up and I don't remember who exactly went where and I'm a little doped up on cold medication this afternoon, as I seem to have gotten a cold yesterday.)

2007 Ceremonial Start Team
Snickers - Dasher
Herman - Spider
Batdog - Jinx
Hector - Boom Boom
Watt Watt - Charge Charge
Loki - Odie
Other than the launch, when Snicks got caught in the middle of a pee (how embarrassing), the team did really, really well. They had a blast and we were standing on the drag brakes for much of the run.
So, the 2007 Iditarod team will consist of (and this isn't necessarily the order they will be hooked up in) -
Snickers | Dasher | Spider | Olena | Tess | Holly | Loki | Odie | Charge | Batdog | Barq | Herman | Hector | Jr | Moses | Crunchie
Iditarod 2007 Team
Dog Iditarod Veteran/Rookie Age Parents
 
Snickers
2 Time Iditarod Team Member
(1 Time Finisher)
5.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Super Grover
Dam: Northomes Visa

Dasher
2 Time Iditarod Team Member
(1 Time Finisher)
6 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Butch Cassidy, SD
Dam: CH NorthWapiti's Valkyrie Kara

Spider
Rookie 3 yrs
Sire: Tumnatki's Comet, SD
Dam: NorthWapiti's KitKat

Olena
3 Time Iditarod Team Member 6.5 yrs
Sire: Alaskan's Meekur of Anadyr
Dam: Alaskan's Yakut of Anadyr II
Tesla
Tess
Rookie 2.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Sir Gallahad - "Surge"
Dam: Alaskan's Olena of Anadyr

Holly
Rookie 4.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Odin - "Odie"
Dam: Chuchinka's San Antonio Rose - "Kaylinn"

Loki
4 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
7.5 yrs
Sire: Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti - "Striker"
Dam: BIS CH. Chuchinka's Dance In The Wind, SDX - "Breezy"

Odie
4 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
7.5 yrs
Sire: Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti - "Striker"
Dam: BIS CH. Chuchinka's Dance In The Wind, SDX - "Breezy"
Charge
Charge
Rookie 2.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Sir Gallahad - "Surge"
Dam: Alaskan's Olena of Anadyr
Batdog
Batdog
1 Time Iditarod Team Member 4.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Odin - "Odie"
Dam: Chuchinka's San Antonio Rose - "Kaylinn"

Barq
Rookie 5.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Butch Cassidy, SD
Dam: Alaskan's Jumper of Anadyr

Herman
3 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
5.5 yrs Sire: Alaskan's Raven of Anadyr Dam: Alaskan's Baleen of Anadyr

Hector
3 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
5.5 yrs Sire: Alaskan's Raven of Anadyr Dam: Alaskan's Baleen of Anadyr

Jr
1 Time Iditarod Team Member
(1 Time Finisher)
4.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Super Grover
Dam: Alaskan's Georgio of Anadyr - "Joey"

Moses
3 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
7 yrs
Sire: Smokey II of Velikaya
Dam: Buffy of Velikaya

Crunchie
3 Time Iditarod Team Member
(2 Time Finisher)
5.5 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Super Grover
Dam: Northomes Visa
Cut From Iditarod This Year
Boom
Boom
Rookie
Reason cut - needs to grow up a bit
2.5 yrs
Sire: Chlout's Moses of Velikaya - "Moses"
Dam: Chuchinka's San Antonio Rose - "Kaylinn"

Kara
4 Time Iditarod Team Member
(1 Time Finisher)
Reason cut - minor injuries that made her not 100%
7.5 yrs
Sire: Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti - "Striker"
Dam: BIS CH. Chuchinka's Dance In The Wind, SDX - "Breezy"

Hilda
1 Time Iditarod Team Member
(1 Time Finisher)
Reason cut - small case of mastitis and not running 100%
5.5 yrs Sire: Alaskan's Raven of Anadyr Dam: Alaskan's Baleen of Anadyr

Jinx
Rookie
Reason cut - stressing a bit over leading (just part of the learning process) and I had lots of females that drive hard and lead
3.5 yrs Sire: NorthWapiti's Super Grover Dam: NorthWapiti's Kluane

Q
Rookie
Reason cut - minor injury that just needs a bit of rest time (which we don't have) to heal
3.5 yrs Sire: NorthWapiti's Super Grover Dam: NorthWapiti's Kluane

Eeek
Rookie
Reason cut - doesn't lead (I was getting very picky by this point)
3.5 yrs
Sire: Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti - "Striker"
Dam: Chuchinka's San Antonio Rose - "Kaylinn"
Watt
Watt
Rookie
Reason cut - a little skinner then I want for a young dog on his first Iditarod
2 yrs
Sire: NorthWapiti's Sir Gallahad - "Surge"
Dam: Alaskan's Olena of Anadyr
All for right now!
Karen

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