Iditarod dogs

These are from a collage that I’m making for my niece.

She’d recently watched a documentary on the Iditarod (the great sled dog race in Alaska) and was inspired to create her own Iditarod with the family dogs at home in South Africa.  She harnessed her motley team of four and roped them together with their leashes, then tried a bit of mushing – and cajoling with a carrot! (They’re very healthy – they snack on carrots.) But they didn’t get very far. Her lead dog actually froze – she sat down stiffly and simply refused to budge!

So I began to think of another expedition that the dogs might enjoy – running across the beach, following their leader who would be marching on ahead, singing to them. A little more Pied Piper...

They do prefer rolling in the sand and lolling about...