One of the most remarkable...
One of the most remarkable athletes of our time was the late Susan Butcher, who won
Alaska's grueling Iditarod dogsled race numerous times. One of the secrets of Butcher's
success was the close bond she developed between herself and her dogs: a bond that
saved her life numerous times, as her dogs pulled her out of life-threatening situations
deep in the backcountry.
Butcher kept a kennel of over 150 dogs, which she bred. As each new pup was born, she
would take the tiny, shivering creature into her hands, and breathe her own breath into its