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"TRAINING CONTINUES IN THE NORTHERN FOREST!"

Now is the time, we start to look at what dogs will be making our Open Class Sprint Team. This is a difficult time, when we have to make decisions on performance only and the teams best prospects to meet our racing objectives. This means looking objectively at the dogs and deciding which dogs are most capable to perform at the levels we will be competing in. This very difficult as we have to be objective and keep favoritism out of the equation. We have some incredible dogs that will not make this years team due to the increase of speed being experienced. The dogs that wont make this years racing team were bred for mid/long distance racing and have served me well in those ventures. I still enjoy running these dogs and will continue to have the pleasure of running them. It is totally unfair to place them in race conditions they were not bred for. That being said, I am entering in as of yet uncharted waters for me as this years sprint team is, for me, incredibly fast. It is truly interesting and fun working to form this years team and Max is the final link required to aid us in moving to the next level of performance. 
Now to piece of sad news. Mr. Lapointe passed away a few days ago. He was most influential on mushers here in Quebec and Ontario in the field of nutrition for sled dogs. One of his favorite quote was " Dogs cant perform when their gas tank is empty!" Mr. Lapointe was a self made student/expert on dog nutrition. The most interesting fact is that he wasn't a musher. Many of us mushers learned how to feed dogs after talking to Mr. Lapointe. 
THANK YOU MR. LAPOINTE!
Until next week......

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