Tamera Wood

Tamera is a first time ECX musher! She started mushing last year. Her Alaskan husky, Jay (originally one of Josi Thyr's pups) had a litter of puppies with a pet sibe cross and she kept them and started training them. Tamera writes, "The first time I went dog sledding with my puppies they were about 12 months old. It was a fresh snow, early in the season, and I went up on some old forestry roads to run my dogs. Well it turns out, there was a number of people up there as well, with their pet dogs, looking to harvest Christmas trees. My pups took off after one of the dogs and tipped the sled, I got my leg caught in the claw brake and got dragged for a while. Eventually I got myself free and the dogs kept dragging the sled down the road without me. I ended up having to run down the road after them, waving to dumb founded people as I ran by. It was a good introduction to dog sledding for me."

• Hometown:  Sultan, Washington

• Occupation:  Carpenter Apprentice

• Hobbies:  Hiking and running dogs

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• Number of Dogs:  6

• Number of Years Racing:  1

• Breed Used: Alaskan Husky / Siberian

• Lead Dogs:  Ibis & Jasper (brother and sister)

Category: 31 Mile Race