Copper has finally arrived after five attempts to fly from his former home. I'm sure he thinks running Iditarod was MUCH easier than trying to fly here from Utah! (First attempt; dog care backed out here; second attempt, Salt Lake airport said he was too late to board; third attempt, a blizzard in Marquette; fourth attempt, mechanical failure in Utah plane: fifth attempt, rerouted to Detroit, for an overnight, but finally arrived, Marquette, MI).
After his fifth attempt, a two day saga, we were VERY happy to leash him carefully and take him for a walk in the snow in Marquette yesterday. He settled in right away with fresh chicken soup .
Once back at the kennel, we went about our usual chores, free running dogs, etc (all visiting him at his pen), so that he could see that life is good here.
Today we hope to run him in a small team, since with firearm deer season coming up, he'll have to be tethered for two weeks.
The Marquette airport gets special praise for their kindness, as always. The pilot had radioed ahead that Copper was onboard (probably howling as Stella did, entertaining the passengers).
The agents all gathered around to meet him and one agent carried his crate to my truck. They walked outside with us showing us the best area for him to relieve himself. His crate was bone dry/clean. He had a great welcome there.
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