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Becoming Dogs
First Snow
Alaska
First Snow 2
Alaska 2
100
When does Gary start thinking like a dog?
When he sleeps with them in the kennel.
100
About how many dog booties would be needed for one team for the entire race?
What is 1100
100
How long does it take Gary to get to Alaska?
What is 8 days
100
At the end of "Alaska", how does Gary feel about the start of the race?
What is He feels that he and the dogs are ready.
100
How often should a dog's feet be examined while running the Iditarod?
What is every 30 minutes
200
What happens during Gary's second night with the dogs?
Devil destroys his sleeping bag
200
What happens when the team gets to the end of the driveway to run in the first snow of the season?
Cookie turns onto the old trapline trail.
200
How many dogs does Gary take to Alaska?
What is 20
200
Where does Gary sleep after the skunk encounter?
Kennel
200
According to Gary, what is the race primarily about?
Caring for the dogs
300
How does Gary try to "mark" his territory
Urinate on everything
300
What does Ruth say about running the dogs after the first snow?
"Wait until tomorrow"
300
What becomes strikingly clear when Gary gets to Alaska?
He knows nothing about running dogs long distances.
300
. After Devil falls in "First Snow", why isn't he run over by the sled?
Murphy saved him
300
According to Gary, what is "the be-all and end-all of running dogs on the Iditarod"?
What is A tight tug.
400
What does Devil do when Gary says, "Hi"?
He wags his tail.
400
How long is the trail that the team runs?
about 70 miles
400
When do Gary and the dogs arrive in Alaska?
What is late December
400
Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?
The point landed between two of his toes.
400
When does the Iditarod race start?
What is Early march
500
What spice helps dogs eat when they are hungry?
What is garlic
500
How much snow is on the ground during the "First Snow"
4 to 5 inches
500
What does it mean when a musher comes from "Down Below"?
What is He or she is from the lower forty-eight states.
500
What does Ruth think wil be Gary's biggest problem in the race?
Getting the dogs to stop at nome.
500
What did Gary ship to each checkpoint for the dogs?
What is turkey gizzards