Jonrowe Explains What It Takes To Be A Lead Dog

With the Iditarod just around the corner, mushers are making final preparations with their dogs. Finding the right dogs for the job begins months, sometimes years before the race. KSKA reporter Daysha Eaton visits with a woman who has had 15 top-10 finishes in the race, DeeDee Jonrowe and her team to learn what makes a good leader.It’s the perfect place to raise sled dogs – in the woods, about an hour and half North of Anchorage, just outside the tiny town of Willow. That’s where musher DeeDee Jonrowe breeds, trains and lives with her dogs – all 80 of them.Read more here: http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/22/jonrowe-explains-what-it-takes-to-be-a-lead-dog/

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