So we were seeing news reports about Lance Mackey and he was hugging
Handsome. Handsome's face looks so much like Beanie's, they could be
twins. Of course, we couldn't see how his ears look, but she sometimes
relaxes hers...

In article 2008031315305143658-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote:
So we were seeing news reports about Lance Mackey and he was hugging
Handsome. Handsome's face looks so much like Beanie's, they could be
twins.

When Beanie can lead a big team of dogs for 2000 miles in a
month, over some incredibly rough terrain and in -70F
temperatures, let me know! I just might be able to think of
a working home for her.

Handsome really stepped up in difficult circumstances,
during both the Quest and the Iditarod. Early in the
Iditarod Mackey's legendary leader Larry got into a fight
with his other legendary leader Hobo and Hobo was injured
badly enough to have to be dropped. The whole team was
running badly and there was diarrhea and coughing, but
Mackey's an incredible dog guy and gradually put his team
together well enough that they were looking pretty great by
the time they got to the coast and were downright perky and
animated at the finish line in Nome.

I watched the live broadcast of them coming into Nome
yesterday morning, and right before coming in off the ice he
stopped his team and went down the line and hugged each of
them, and the first thing he did when he crossed the finish
line was give each a snack. He's quite a guy.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

On 2008-03-13 15:40:03 -0400, (Melinda Shore) said:

When Beanie can lead a big team of dogs for 2000 miles in a
month, over some incredibly rough terrain and in -70F
temperatures, let me know! I just might be able to think of
a working home for her.

Yeah, she'll take a pass. She's too little to be a mushing dog, I think.

Mackey's story is pretty amazing and his connection to his dogs is
always foremost in everything he's involved with. It's a great quality.