One is loving and a good listener. The other is 'a force to be reckoned with.' Meet the two dogs that led Brent Sass to his first Iditarod victory:
Slater and Morello led Brent Sass’s team to his first Iditarod victory. winning his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceThe two Alaskan huskies are six years old. Over the Iditarod’s 1,000 miles, they led the dog team and Sass through gusty winds, over hills and across sea ice.
That’s good for Sass, who prefers to blow through checkpoints and rest just off the trail, where it’s more secluded and quiet.The Iditarod has a new champion: Brent Sass arrives first to Nome Morello is part of the litter named after characters on the TV series “Orange is the New Black.” Morello is “a force to be reckoned with,” says her“Morello has a strong personality and has become one of the main leaders of the Wild and Free Team ,” her bio says.
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