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Important Work

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They say if you find a job that you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.

It appears that old dogs can learn new tricks, as one 8-year-old Border Collie has proven. K-9 Piper might not do flips, but he helps planes take off at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan.
Piper helps maintain wildlife control at the airport by “shooing away” ducks, geese, owls, foxes and other creatures, his owner Brian Edwards told ABC News today. “Border Collies are born for this type of work, they’re herders,” he said.
Edwards has been an airport operations supervisor at Cherry Capital since 2008 and has been working with Piper at the airport for a little over a year.

See the rest of the story on Doggie Discussions Forum.

And can I just say I love that they named this dog Piper – which is a type of small plane.

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

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Iditarod 2016: Winners have crossed the finish line

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video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerEarly this morning in Alaska, the top three mushers crossed the finish line in Nome. As predicted, the Seavey men took the top two spots, with Dallas taking the lead. Aliy Zirkle came in third. The video is from KTUU in Anchorage.

Here are the top five as of 3 pm Eastern today:

1 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 02:20

2 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 03:05

3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 09:42

4 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Safety
AT 03-15 08:49

5 Peter Kaiser
Bib 11 OUT OF Safety
AT 03-15 08:57

Congrats to all who finish, or even participate in this grueling competition!

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

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Iditarod 2016: Standings as of 3/13 @ 7:50 pm Eastern

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Sled Dog RaceThe top five are all out of Shaktoolik, and they have all taken both of their required layovers, so it’s straight on through to Nome now.

1 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 10:27

2 Brent Sass
Bib 32 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 11:25

3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 12:52

4 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 13:04

5 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 15:52

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Drunk Snowmobile Driver Causes Iditarod Tragedy

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KTUU has several videos and articles detailing the crash caused early Saturday when a drunk 26-year-old Nulato man drove his snowmobile into Jeff King’s team, killing 4-year old Nash and injuring at least 2 more dogs. King and Iditarod officials claim the attack was intentional and say that the man also harassed Aliy Zirkle, injuring one of her dogs. The man maintains he was blacked out and doesn’t remember a thing. He faces two counts of third degree assault, one count of reckless endangerment, one count of reckless driving and five counts of fifth degree criminal mischief.

Neither musher was hurt in the attacks, and both plan on continuing the race. In fact, Zirkle advanced from 3rd place to 2nd today.

Best wishes to both as they continue their quest, and our sympathies go out to King and his kennel family on the loss of Nash.

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

Dog Activities

Iditarod 2016: Standings as of March 12th at 12:45 Eastern

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Kamchatka Dog Sled Racing Beringia. Russian Far EastThe top five are now scattered between the Kaltag and Nulato checkpoints. From Kaltag, the next waypoint is Unalakleet, on the coast of the Bering Sea. From there, they circle the west edge of the sea, all the way to Nome.


Here are the leaders’ positions:


1 Brent Sass
Bib 32 OUT OF Kaltag
AT 03-12 08:20

2 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 IN TO Kaltag
AT 03-12 07:41

3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 06:16

4 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 07:14

5 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 07:17