This is from Cabela's website, Jon Little's beautiful story.
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/
I'm attaching two photos of Sulatna, a dog from Susan Butcher. Sulatna is out of Susan's Poppers and Emmitt Peters' Yukon. She is 13. To me she epitomizes a Butcher dog... she's very fast, very very smart, responsive, sweet , independent, loves! to run and never quits.
She has great feet, coat, endurance and temperament. She's a leader and a puppy trainer, but mostly these days my house companion, too.
When I received Lillen from Susan last year she sent me a followup email. In it she cautioned me to not overly feed her as she would keep the pounds on, but also she said, "As long as you follow her rules (Lillen's) she'll be very happy." It is true of Sulatna, Lillen, Liller and Scuba, all lead females who came to us from Susan.
Each of them was a stellar performer, and three still are. Scuba died a few years ago and Susan shared my grief. She had had her on several Iditarod teams and loved her spirit. She was a motivator, she told me. When other musher's dogs were laying back towards the end of the race, Scuba was up and cheering to go. Rick Swenson recalled her when I visited with him in Takotna one year. We still have four of Scuba's pups. Lillen and Scuba are out of the same grandfather, Lacanin, and Glory, one of the pups is very similar to Lillen.
Well, Susan is out there cheering and motivating all of us. We keep sharing many stories about her and I do hope someone puts them into book form.
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