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Welcome to Plettner Kennels |
 Lynda Plettner, owner of Plettner Kennels, is a 11 time finisher of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. She came to Alaska after training horses in CA for twenty years. Because of her love of animals, the shortage of horses but abundance of sled dogs, Lynda turned her training skills to the dog world. Her knowledge, patience, and perseverance earned her a very respectable position of finishing twentieth in the 2002 Iditarod.
The 2002 Iditarod was Lynda’s best ever, not only because of receiving the “Most Improved Musher Award”, which moved her from sixty-sixth place in 2001 to twentieth in 2002, but because of receiving the prestigious and most coveted “ Leonhard Seppela Humanitarian Award”. This award is presented by the veterinarians working on the Trail, and is given to the musher with the healthiest, happiest and biggest dog team arriving in Nome. Lynda says that she had “thirteen barking, happy, line pounding dogs at the finish line”. This indeed was her best experience of her mushing career and she is looking forward to many more.
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Two women, two perspectives |
by Jon Little
KASILOF, Alaska, July 20, 2006
DeNure trains for rookie Iditarod run
Some people toil with their dogs in
obscurity for years before becoming a palpable part of the distance
mushing community, while others seemingly have a gift of showing up and
effortlessly emerging as a fixture, a mover and a shaker. Zoya DeNure
is one such musher.Since the former runway model and music promoter's
first introduction to sled dogs back in Wisconsin six years ago, DeNure
has moved to Alaska, found herself in a relationship with one of the
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 Hi Friends,
The end of the “LAST GREAT RACE”, the “IDITAROD” has come again.
I had many adventures getting to the start line this year and on the
trail, and I would like to share some of them with you. First, during a
sled dog race of 200 miles I was mede-vacked in a helicopter from 100
miles out in the wilderness, to have an emergency operation. With no
insurance, I was sure the Iditarod was out of my reach. |
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Dear Friends and Sponsors |
The Klondike 300 miles sled dog race has a winner and the race was very hard. My two trainees will finish today in plenty of time to get their stamp of approval to enter the Iditarod. That means Plettner kennels will have 3 teams in the Iditarod this year.
Ben Valks from Holland, Katrina Pawlaczyk from NY, and your truly Lynda Plettner. You can look at the race times at http://www.klondike300.org/ Race purse $20,000 total Temperature at the race this morning - 40 on the river -15 at the kennel. |
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Schools, Communities and Businesses |
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The Iditarod will come to you!
Lynda Plettner and one of her sled dogs will join you and share
the history, geography, preparation and motivation required for such
a rigorous and physically demanding sport. Hear stories of the dangers
and demands of the trail and interact with Lynda with your questions.
Book Lynda to talk at your school, community and businesses.
Lower 48 states: 4/1/06 - 4/30/06 |
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