Lindner hopes to make waves in 2007
KASILOF, Alaska — When word got out this past summer that 2006 Iditarod champ Jeff King converted his own Goose Lake into an exercise pool for his racing dogs, several other stories emerged of mushers who’ve gone to similar measures to keep their canine athletes fit through the offseason. One of those mushers is Sonny Lindner, the savvy veteran from Fairbanks who not only loves being with dogs in the great outdoors but is also capable of racing to the front.
Lindner, who won the inaugural Yukon Quest in 1983, says he’s been swimming his huskies every summer for the past few years - ever since he read an article in “Mushing” magazine about dog conditioning guru Arleigh Reynolds’ devising a pool for that purpose.
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