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Enterprise Elementary School kindergarteners from Tricia Otten’s class pet an Alaskan husky on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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Veterinarian Chrissie Younggren of Enterprise Animal Hospital listens to the heartbeat of one of the dogs of Clayton Perry of Power, Montana, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise prior to the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race. Perry, right, said he had three teams running in the races.
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Veterinarian Kimberly McCreedy of Wilsonville takes the temperature of one of the Alaskan huskies of Craig Anderson of Enterprise, center, that he planned to run in the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise prior to the race. Sophia Winter, right, was one of the Enterprise Seventh-day Adventist School students who got to visit with the dogs during the vet checks.
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Not about to keep quiet, two Alaskan huskies howl while waiting to be examined on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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Craving attention, Dinosaur lets owner Nicole Lombardi of Lincoln, Montana, know she’s been missed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race. Lombardi won the 100-mile race for the second straight year.
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Veterinarian Randy Greenshields, right, checks the foot condition of one of the Alaskan huskies of Rex Mumford of Huntsville, Utah, left, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Joseph before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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Already a veteran junior musher at age 7, Fae Clawson of Corbett doles out treats to her sled dogs Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Joseph prior to the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race. Her mom said Fae wouldn't be competing in this year's ECX.
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Musher Josi Thyr of Olney, Montana, holds one of her Alaskan huskies while Enterprise veterinarian Chrissie Younggren listens to Tide's heartbeat Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the veterinarian checks in Joseph before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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Mushing isn’t all glamour and excitement: Keeping the street clean, first-time musher Maddie Longpre-Harrer of Calumet, Michigan, cleans up after her dogs Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the vet checks in Enterprise before the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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Enterprise veterinarian Randy Greenshields checks the oral health of an Alaskan husky while another waits its turn Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during the veterinarian checks in Joseph prior to the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race.
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