Paw Prince: Wisconsin Couple Relish Role in Helping Record-Setting Iditarod Champion
By
Mike Woods
Wisconsin
UPDATED 7:55 AM ET Apr. 02, 2021
PUBLISHED 1:39 PM ET Apr. 01, 2021
PUBLISHED 1:39 PM EDT Apr. 01, 2021
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So what's the most unique gift you ever gave your special someone on your anniversary?
Neenah’s Jim and Rosanne Keller gave each other a world championship Iditarod sled dog team.
Top that.
OK, to be fair, Jim and Rosanne never intended to bestow each other such a gift. It just...happened.
Back in 2006, Rosanne booked an Alaskan cruise for the couple’s 30th wedding anniversary. One of their stops was to the Seavey Kennels, where for $49 you could get a taste of what it was like to train dogs for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, an annual 1,000-mile race through some of Alaska’s harshest landscape that takes 8 to 10 days, or more, to complete.