admin answers:

You want to run in the Iditarod, but yet you don’t want to train in Alaska? You’re not going to have much luck, then. 🙂

Yes, there have are people who raise and run Iditarod-level teams in the Lower 48 and Canada (Doug Swingley being one of the notable ones)…but these people always end up living/training in Alaska for several weeks prior to the race.

The majority of the people who run the Iditarod from the Lower 48 live in Montana; there are others from Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. And of course there are people from Alberta and Yukon Terr. Canada who run.

There are also Iditarod mushers in Minnesota and Michigan who make the trek to Alaska for the race.

If you have little experience running sled dogs, your best bet is to become a handler for an Iditarod-level kennel for a few seasons in order to “learn the ropes”. Kennels start looking for handlers about this time of year as they get ready for fall training season.

Sleddogcentral.com is one of the best places to look for these opportunities:
http://www.sleddogcentral.com/classifieds/classads_wanted.htm#helpwanted

Good luck!

admin answers:

I would recommend first checking shelters and collie specific rescues, you could save a dog’s life.
But another option is Le Pooch Connection in Colorado Springs – I know it sounds odd but I think this puppy-specific store with a training center is great and I’m hard to impress. They have many puppies of different breeds at the store being socialized and playing(Not locked up) and if you want a specific breed(Such as a collie dog) they have connections with good breeders in the area and out of state and will bring the puppy to the store for you to easily pick up and the price won’t make you cringe. If you choose not to get a rescue dog I would highly recommend this place. Here is their website: http://www.pooch-connection.com/

admin answers:

I was at that game! Legit even though they lost :/
I am pretty sure it was I gotta feeling by the Black Eyed Peas, if not i found a list of songs that are used mostly at the games at Pepsi, sorry the list is long.
Warm-Ups:

Like a G6 – Far East Movement
Bottoms Up – Trey Songz
No Hands – Wacka Flocka Flame
In The Ayer – Flo Rida (Jason Nevins Remix)
Ghosts N’ Stuff – Deadmau5
Some Chords – Deadmau5
Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
Diamond Eyes – Shinedown
Snap Yo Fingers – Lil John
California Love – 2Pac
Help Is On The Way – Rise Against
Holiday – Green Day
Louder (Put Your Hands Up) – Chris Willis
All Star – Ty$
I Hear Em Say – Jermaine Dupri
Memories – David Guetta
Code Of The Road – Danko Jones
Living In A Dream – Finger Eleven
Kick In The Teeth – Papa Roach
Blood On My Hands – The Used
Drones – Rise Against
Show Me What You Got – Powerman 5000
Crawl Back In – Dead By Sunrise
We Are One – 12 Stones
Break – Three Days Grace
Breathe – Nickelback
All Night Long – Buckcherry
Symphony Of Destruction – Megadeth
Pieces – It’s Alive
New Dark Ages – Bad Religion
Blow Me Away – Breaking Benjamin
Land Of Confusion – Disturbed
Two Weeks – All That Remains

Goal Song:

Rock and Roll Part 2 – (Avs Edit)

Game Winning Songs:

Song 2 – Blur
Beautiful Day – U2
Celebration – Kool & The Gang

Power Play Song:

Warriors of Time – Black Tide

Game Favorites:

We R Who We R – Ke$ha
Fox On The Run – Sweet
Whip It – Devo
Jump – Van Halen
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Given Up – Linkin Park
Ready To Roll – Jet Black Stare
Yeah 3x – Chris Brown
Shots – Lil John
Higher – Taio Cruz
We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool
Escape The Fate – Gorgeous Nightmare
Hey Baby Drop It To The Floor – Pitbull
Breadfan – Metalllica
Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex
I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett
Mony Mony – Billy Idol
YMCA – Village People
Vertigo – U2
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
Magic – B.o.B
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
I Like It – Enrique Iglesias
Hard To Handle – Black Crowes
Buddy Holly – Weezer
Know Your Enemy – Green Day
China Grove – Doobie Brothers
Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
You Give Love A Bad Name – Bon Jovi
Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
It’s Only Rock N Roll – The Rolling Stones
Nothin But A Good Time – Poison
Kernkraft 400 – Zombie Nation
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue
Round And Round – Ratt
Panama – Van Halen
It’s Like That – Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins
Rock And Roll All Night – Kiss
Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Pretender – Foo Fighters
Bro Hymn – Pennywise
The Slam – Pendulum
Shazam! – Spiderbait

Bernie:

Atomic Dog – George Clinton