Jaydyn's First Dog Run

At the conclusion of Cantwell's Spring Rhondy 2012, the kids finished up their activities with a sled dog race.  The local vet as well as another mushing family supplied the dogs and sled.  The three criteria: kids under the age of 12, show up, and hold on.  When my wife prepped her at home for the day's activities, Jaydyn was excited to hear that she could participate in a real dog race.  Running her two golden retrievers on a kick sled as she is a passenger is just an exercise drill in Jaydyn's mind.  Finally, she can be a dog musher, like Iditarod racer and Cantwell local, Mike Santos.   When it was Jaydyn's turn, the 3 year old personality and stubborn Butte girl came out in her, and she told the race timer she wasn't going.  That was that, she then was content being a spectator.  After about ten kids and when it was her idea, she decided that she was going to go tell the timer herself that she wanted to run.  She ran the dog about one quarter down the active air landing strip where the snowmachine was waiting to turn her around.  As she was getting closer to the finish line, her mom could hear her giggling and saying, "mush, mush.  Woah, good dog." 

 Now to the hard part for Jaydyn and myself, selling the idea to her mom of having a dog team of our own.