Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 15:46 on 14 Mar 2004:

 SH> http://www.iditarod.com.

 BF> Aaahhhhh......Looks very nice.

It's looking better now than it has for awhile.

 BF> I have always wanted to have an Alaska Malamute.
 BF> Are you in to this somehow?

No, I follow the sport and I have a colleague who has a dog team but this
is as close as I get.  I post the web site for any Alaskans who happen to
drop in. 

 BF> I have had Collies for over 25 years. Blue Merle, Sobel
 BF> and Tricoulour but not any more.
 BF> Had to put to sleep my last 5 years ago. A Blue Merle. He was just
 BF> over 11 years old and didn't want to live any more. He was tired
 BF> and didn't want to go outside and had trouble with his back bones
 BF> so it was hard for him to rise from the floor. He was a true friend
 BF> all his life. Bless his memory.

My sympathies.  We have a cat who is now 13 and we'd miss him very much if
he departed.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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