Thanks to Google’s recent addition to their mapping features, street view, which shows pictures from streets around the world. Google has sent out vans equipped with panoramic cameras that drive up and down various streets recording what they see. It is a truly unique idea in terms of documenting our world. It has lead to some funny photos being seen though, various images have been spotted in the street view files including a burning car alongside the road, a man walking through town in full scuba gear, and this picture of a dog doing what dogs do best.
May 29, 2008 | | Fun Stuff
Are you a Chicago Cubs fan? Of course, and you’ve got the jersey to prove it. You wear your Cubs hat to the gym and you may even have Cubs posters on the wall. But, there is a forgotten Cubs fan in your household. Your wife? No. Your kids? No. Your pet? Yes!
CubWorld.com not only offers the largest selection of Cubs apparel and fan merchandise for humans… but they also have Cubs stuff for dogs too! Get cool Cubs clothing for you and your dog today. Get your dog a Cubs leash, a Cubs collar, a Cubs food dish, a Cubs doggy hat, or the ultimate… a Cubs jersey for your pooch. What better way to prove your fandom than to take Spike for a walk to the park and thanks to CubWorld.com you can both be decked out head to paw in Cubs paraphernalia?
Mar 21, 2008 | | Fun Stuff
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Trivia
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is the most famous sled dog race in the world. It was first held in 1973 and is held once a year and covers the approximately 1,151 miles from Wasilla to Nome, Alaska. There is a ceremonial start of the race that takes place in Anchorage before the actual restart in Wasilla.
So, here are:
9 Things You May Not Have Known About The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race – Part Two
- There is actually a northern and a southern route to the Iditarod Race. The northern race is run on even numbered years and the southern race is run on odd numbered years.
- The Mackeys (Father Dick and brothers Rick and Lance) have all three won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
- Dogs that become exhausted on the trail and cannot continue are dropped off at checkpoints, transported to the Correctional Center at Eagle River and cared for by inmates until picked up by their handlers or owners.
- Rick Swenson has won the race five times, including winning it in three different decades (70’s, 80’s, and 90’s).
- Near the end of the race, the route passes in front of a saloon once owned by Wyatt Earp.
- The trail route passes through the one-time mining town of McGrath. McGrath should be noted as it is the first town in Alaska to receive mail by air in 1924.
- Unalakleet, a small village along the Iditarod Trail is the largest Native American community the sled race goes through with a population of just over 700.
- In 1985 Susan Butcher, who would go on to win the Iditarod Race on four occasions, lost the lead when her dogs were attacked by a pregnant moose.
- The Red Olson Trail Arch in Nome has traditionally been the finish line of the race. In 2001, the arch was destroyed by dry rot and years of inclimate weather and replaced by a new arch. The old arch carried the words “End of the Iditarod Dog Race”, while the new arch added a word and reads “End of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race”.
- The last musher to cross the finish line is awarded the “Red Lantern” in significance of the spirit of perseverance.
Dec 09, 2007 | | Fun Stuff
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Trivia
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is the most famous sled dog race in the world. It was first held in 1973 and is held once a year and covers the approximately 1,151 miles from Wasilla to Nome, Alaska. There is a ceremonial start of the race that takes place in Anchorage before the actual restart in Wasilla.
So, here are:
9 Things You May Not Have Known About The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race – Part One
- The first person to win the Iditarod Race who was not from Alaska was Doug Swingley of Montana in 1995.
- In 1985 Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
- The section of trail that goes down Dalzell Gorge drops 1,000 feet in five miles.
- 34 mushers entered the first true Iditarod race in 1973 and 22 completed the course.
- The actual Iditarod Trail which the Iditarod Race covers portions of was one of the first trails designated as a National Historic Trail in 1978.
- The race was suspended for the first time in 1985 when bad weather prevented the delivery of the supplies to the checkpoints ahead of the racers.
- The Iditarod Race was named after the Iditarod Trail which in turn was named after the town of Iditarod. The origin of the word Iditarod is thought to come from Athabaskan word “haiditarod” meaning “far off place”.
- Race rules state that anyone who has ever been convicted of animal neglect may not participate as a competitor in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Dec 01, 2007 | | Fun Stuff
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Trivia
Ten things you may not have known about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show:
- The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was started in 1877 as a show for gun dogs and among other things some of the prizes were firearms of different sorts.
- The show was changed to a two-day format in 1941, before that its length was varied from three to four days long.
- A success from the start, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show drew over 1200 dogs.
- The American Kennel Club (AKC) was started in 1884 and the Westminster Kennel Club was the first club admitted.
- The first televised Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took place in 1948.
- The youngest dog to win Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was a Rough Collie in 1929.
- Through the first hundred years (1907-2007) of the Best in Show award being won, it was presented to a terrier the most, 44 times.
- Only one dog has won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Best in Show award and also won any kind of Obedience Championship.
- The most challenged rule in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show’s history is the name length rule instituted in 1984. The rule stated that no dog participating in the show was allowed to have a name longer than seven words.
- A herding dog has only won Best in Show one time out of the first one hundred times it was awarded.
Nov 22, 2007 | | Fun Stuff
