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Hu-Dad - What about the most famous Iditarod song?
The Herd is absolutely right. How could I possibly do a series of post about my favorite Iditarod songs and leave out the most famous song of all? What more can we say? Hope you enjoy a little Hobo Jim -
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Natasha
Rusty
Kiska
Qannik
Cheoah
Frankie
Absolutely love it! Thank you for sharing!
Sam
Love it ! Thanks fur sharing it with us
Great! Now can you help us out some more? Is there any link we can use to get updates and reports on the Iditarod? Are there any TV channels that cover it? We looked and could not find a channel. The bipeds wasted a lot of TV time on some award thing yesterday, but not a bark about the greatest race in the world!
Mogley G. Retriever
I did, I did, I did the Iditarod Trail! Ha roooooo!
Tail wags
Storms
I LOVE the song!
Nala
Hi friends!
I see that you have your seatbelts on too! I hope you at least let your humans know how horrible harnesses are!
Still soooooo envious! So wish we were there – absorbing all the culture and activities surrounding this extraordinary event. The song is so festive…it reminds me of logfires and hot chocolate.
Lotsalicks from sunny South Africa
MAXDOG
Great song – just what we needed to get our engines revved up – now we are going to practice pulling – no, not our sled, just the Momster.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
Arooooooo! That makes me want to go do zoomies in the snow. To bad it’s 71 degrees outside. Hmph! Oh well, guess I will go lay in the sun on the deck.
Thanks for a great song,
Paws and poofs,
Ozzie and zozo
I was dancing on my desk in front of my computer camera. Did you see me?
Twink!
Oh, that’s a great song!
Oh no, now I’ll have that stuck in my head all day!
What a ridiculously catchy song!! Oh man!! It’s going to be burned on a CD for road trips.
Fantastic song! We loved it!
The Herd looks very enthusiastic there! Thanks for sharing another great song! I’m still laughing over yesterday’s!
I should have known that a herd of Sibes would be obsessed with the Iditarod! What do you guys think – is that race really OK for the dogs or are they pushed too hard? I end up feeling ambivalent every time I read about it or watch a TV show about it. I’m guessing that the majority of mushers are human and loving, but is it OK that there may be one or two who are ruthless and mean?
I’m not trying to rain on your parade. I’m asking an honest question that’s bugged me for years. If I could get over my worries about the ruthless one or two mushers, I’d be a huge fan!
KB –
We think it is a great question. My experience is that the mushing community is very concerned about the health and welfare of the dogs. Vets are at checkpoints to make sure the dogs are healthy. Mushers have also formed an group, Mush with Pride, that focuses on the well-being of the dogs not only in the races, but also in kenneling.
As for the outlier musher, I can only point to an incident a couple of years ago where a musher hit a dog. The sport responded by kicking him out of the race, making him forfeit his winnings, and suspending him. I compare that to certain other unnamed large sports that seem not to care about the conduct of their participants on or off the field. While I was disgusted at the behavior of that musher, I was proud of the sport’s response.
My experience is that the mushers care deeply about their dogs and can not abide those who harm them.
oops, typo. Not “human” but “humane”.
*SIGH*
The Iditarod!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra & Khousin Merdie
We were dancin’ over here! Hobo Jim!
Wootwoot
Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose
Rock on Hobo Jim!!
The Iditarod is an amazing test of strength, endurance, and ability! Every pup dreams of such an accomplishment!
We SO wish we could be there!!!
That was fun! And I’d never heard it…
This one had me dancing!
Both my brother in law and my sister in law have run the Iditasport race before the Iditarod several years ago. They went separately various years. Yep … they ran, wearing snow shoes, for hundreds of miles on the same course. I cannot imagine.
Look at all the action!
Wish i could be there..
Cheers,
Maxx
What a great song!
Mochi