Nic in Unk:
[I think below he's talking about his run up the Yukon to Kaltag]
The two times I camped, with the intention to sleep, I just went up to the leaders pile. I was trying to save straw so I'd have some for later if I needed it - and I did need it.
SO I made bunches of four [as opposed to two dogs per pile, he had four dogs per pile], and then I hung out with the front bunch - had some all around me, and one on top.
I'm happy with how they're doing. I have a couple that got sore on the way here [Kaltag to Unk]. I carried Kristy [lead dog] since Old Woman Cabin [about 30 miles before Unk] because I didn't want to run her on something that looked sore. She's already starting to look better, so she'll get probably a total of 8-9 hours rest by the time I get out of here. I'll take her for a jog to see if she looks improved or not. It's pretty obvious when it's not improved. But she already looks a lot better.
I'm going to leave Allie here, because she's not going to get the benefit of that much of a rest and I don't want to go down that hill over here with that dog and potentially damage my dog.
They are eating more than I've ever seen - probly any dog team - eat. And they're *my* team.
You have to be careful because you don't want overfeed and ruin appetite. If you give too much fat, it comes out liquid. So first I fed them a meal with double dose probiotics and double dose of psillium, so that should balance it up.