This year was an amazing race both for the musher’s and the extremely athletic dogs. Out of the 62 teams that started the race only 47 finished. John Baker, a native to Alaska, was the first to mush across the finish line with Ramey Smyth as runner up. John won $50k and a new truck, [...]
Here is the next update from Dr. George Stroberg, DVM who’s out on the trail attending to all the athletic dog competitors. His first checkpoint was at Rohn. Check out this historic Cabin inside and out. And look at the beautiful scenery at the Rohn Checkpoint. Check out the how the musher’s access water from the [...]
Musher Trent Herbst (Bib #4) is the first to arrive in the Ghost town of Iditarod, on the banks of Iditarod Creek. The Ketchum Idaho musher reached Iditarod at 5:29 am Alaska Time with 14 dogs. The Iditarod Checkpoint signifies the halfway point in the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Herbst completed the trek [...]
Check out Dr. George Stroberg DVM speaking to the children at Betty Adams Elementary School about the Iditarod and handing out dictionaries. He goes up to Alaska every year in March as a Trail Veterinarian to watch over the 1500 dog athletes that mush through the below freezing temperatures for a Race called the Iditarod Sled Dog [...]
Dr. Stroberg flew out of Denver International Airport early Saturday morning to Anchorage, Alaska. Dr. Stroberg was then flown in a small Cesna plane to Macgrath/Rohn check point to see his first dogs. This year only 62 teams are racing in the Iditarod.
Check out the Pictures during the Iditarod Race from previous years that Dr. George Stroberg DVm took. Be sure to stay tuned for update on the Iditarod Race starting March 5th 2011
Check out Dr. George Stroberg DVM speaking to the children at Rocky Mountain Elementary about the Iditarod. He goes up to Alaska every year in March as a Trail Veterinarian to watch over the 1500 dog athletes that mush through the below freezing temperatures for a Race called the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Check out [...]
Check out Dr. George Stroberg DVM speaking to the Parker Rotary Clud about the Iditarod. He goes up to Alaska every year in March as a Trail Veterinarian to watch over the 1500 dog athletes that mush through the below freezing temperatures for a Race called the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Check out our Blogs [...]
Every year over 1,500 dogs and 70 mushers come together for one of the greatest examples of endurance, courage and love in modern times. It takes a special kind of endurance to race over 1,100 miles outdoors in some of the harshest and most majestic regions of the world. And, it takes a special kind [...]
Check out Dr. George Stroberg DVM speeking to the Colorado Springs Kennel Club about the Iditarod. He goes up to Alaska every year in March as a Trail Veterinarian to watch over the 1500 dog atheletes that mush through the below freezing temperatures for a Race called the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Be sure to [...]