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Blu cs, I'm always looking for a good dog handler or two. Old Alaskan tradition: teach a handler the dog mushing trade, offer free living and food, in exchange for a helping hand with all the many chores of the dog kennel. Right now I have a great Army veteran as a handler who used to be stationed up here in the same unit as me about 10 years ago.

Anyhow, pups are plumping up. Please excuse the hideous blankets. We use whatever scrap blankets we get from value village. We wont use straw on new-born pups. A lot of the Delta Junction straw has fox tails in it. When those foxtails get in a pups eyes, it can be a serious injury for the youngsters. Hard to find nice oat-straw up here.

Anyhow, lost a pup. It was a nice red female. She got crushed when the mother got startled during a series of sonic booms from the fighter jets off Eielson Air Force base. Much the same every year: breaking the sound barrier right over local residents. Some dogs and livestock don't do well with that stuff. In my opinion: A severe lack of military discipline if you can't keep that bullsht within the military training grounds.