Kali Katerberg/Daily Mining Gazette Musher Amy Malo checks over her dogs after a second-place finish. Due to trouble early in the race, Malo finished with a six-dog team in the 10-dog race. - Houghton, MI 
’Dog Drama: Musher saves competitor’s dog in distress
CALUMET — A competing musher turned lifesaver in the middle of this weekend’s CopperDog race. As Amy Malo pushed her team trying to defend last year’s title, one of her dogs collapsed on the trail.
“We don’t know what happened. He just fall(s) down and he was choking really bad,” Malo said.
In the middle of the stage, there were no officials or emergency personnel around to help — except a competing musher, who suspended his race to treat the dog, possibly saving the athlete’s life.
Musher Frank Moe received the race’s Sportsman Award for his quick action that saved the life of another team’s dog.
“I was just panicking beside my dog and trying to do something but didn’t know what to do,” Malo said. “Frank went by and he just stopped the team.”
A trained emergency medical technician, Moe performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the dog after seeing Malo in distress on the trail, leaving his own team with another musher, a risky move.
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