User blog comment:Beetee19/The Iditarod Games/@comment-4964864-20121118063434

RIP Unnamed Point Dog

(I suppose I should explain this. The dog(s) in front are the lead dogs, duh. Sometimes there's one, sometimes two. The two dogs after that are point dogs. They make sure the team doesn't completely wipe out on turns or something like that. Then the two dogs right in front of the sled are wheel dogs. They take the impact of the sled and make sure it doesn't sideswipe any trees.)