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Here are some of my favorite places. Please visit them and tell them Rivers sent ya! If you want to learn to recreation mush dogs or train to run the Iditarod, then you must contact Lynda Plettner at Plettner Kennels. Lynda’s “Musher’s Boot Camp” is world renowned. Lynda taught Mike some mushing techniques which just adds credence to the saying, “You can teach old dogs new tricks”! Rivers Books is very proud to be a sponsor of Lynda’s racing endeavors. Lynda is also the founder of the Alaska’s Iditarod Sled Dog Retirement Foundation (AISDRF) My friend and Iditarod Musher GB Jones has very nice web site that includes pictures of his dogs and his kennel. GB has run the Iditarod several times. Many times, GB will write short stories about life on the Iditarod trail and post them on his web site. The Iditarod Trail runs right through his kennel. I am lucky to have a great fur coat to keep me warm when the weather gets cold, but my human companions do not and need to use top-notch clothing and sleeping bags when they are running the trails. My friends at Wiggy’s make the best outdoor gear you can get. It is so good that many branches of our Armed Forces use it. Check it out and tell them Rivers and Mike sent you. My friend Bill Borden is also an Iditarod veteran and lives in Georgia. Bill does a great deal of work with the Boy Scouts. You know that any one who helps kids is number 1 in my book. So please give Bill’s site a look see. By the way, Bill and his wife Brenda are Rivers’ Fans!! Check out the Iditarod Home Page. You could even become a member! The Blind Dogs Site is proof that "Blind Dogs See With Their Hearts"! While you are there, check out the web page they did for me at Rivers' Page. IMOM is a Non-Profit organization set up to help sick animals. The Blind Dog fund that helped me is a part of this group. Why not mush by and pay them a visit. Tracks of Alaska is the home of Phil and Jlona Richey who took many of the pictures you will see on our web site and GB’s. Please visit their web site and enjoy the beauty of Alaska! Some more friends to contact: I hope you write to me. Mike reads the mail to me. It is nice to hear from friends who live all over the world. I answer all e-mail personally, using BRS (Bark Recognition Software.) Here is my e-mail address: Rivers@rogershsa.com. We even have a free Rivers’ Newsletter. What to sign up? Dr. Jim Gaarder is an excellent Veterinary Ophthalmologist (Eye Vet) who took all of my eye pain away. He is a good friend of Mike’s and provided all of the canine medical technical assistance for our books. Dr. Jim is a guest in most of our books and stories. He also helped my friend Sandy. Mike told me that Dr. Jim works with blind humans to help them overcome their fears of being blind. Awesome! As Christmas would say! Dr. James E. Gaarder DVM/DACVO 1921 Dimond Blvd, Suite 108 Anchorage, Alaska 99515 907-258-3937 I have many friends at the Blind Dogs E-mail Group Site. While this site deals mainly with blind dogs, there is plenty of great dog information on other subjects. It costs nothing to join. You are visiting Rivers Online Dog House at: http://home.gci.net/~sleddog Last modified: January 8, 2006 ©2003 Mike Dillingham/Rivers Books ©2004 Mike Dillingham/Rivers Books ©2005 Mike Dillingham/Rivers Books ©2006 Mike Dillingham/Rivers Books