T R A D I T I O N !! Along with my handler, I’ve been reading a book called The First Great Race by iconic musher Dan Seavey. Let’s call him Grandpa Dan. Grandpa Dan writes about the very first Iditarod and shares some of the Iditarod traditions that started way back in 1973. Traditions are events that humans and dogs look forward to with great excitement.
Before we jump into all the traditions, maybe we should decide what a tradition is compared to a routine. Think for a minute before reading on. What is the difference?
For the dogs in my kennel, one of our favorite traditions is a night time run on Thanksgiving. It happens to be hunting season in Wisconsin so we don’t go for a run during the day when the hunters are out but after sunset our musher comes out of the big house and we harness up for a run. That’s a special event that happens every year on Thanksgiving – a TRADITION…