LOCAL MUSHERS COME TO VISIT
Local sprint racers Hank and Fran Plaisted
do a special program for our class each year.
They demonstrate and explain a variety
of things to the students, from how to approach an unfamiliar
dog, to the difference between a basic sled and a race sled.
The students learn how to harness a
dog,
 
and how to attach a dog to a gangline.
The students can visibly see how much the dogs love to pull a
sled!
The cacophony of barking brings excited chills to all observers.
The students learn how to skijour and use a polk sled.
They also learn, first-hand, the strength
and endurance a dog must possess in order to pull a sled. By acting
like dogs, the students hang onto the gangline and pull me, the
musher, along a selected trail. They always fall exhausted to
ground!
 
Hank and Fran really give the children
an understanding of how incredible these racing dogs truly are!
A special thank you to them for volunteering their time each year
to educate Marion Cross School children about dogs and mushing.
Mrs. Holmes
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