Each dog has a specific role. Paris and Sebring are the leaders. They are the most intelligent and quickest to respond to Liz's commands. Jewell and Tessa run behind them. They need to be strong, because they bear most of the sled's weight around corners.
Lead dogs are smart, but sometimes their attention lags.
That gets her back in line. In winter, Liz and her dogs train three days a week for a couple of hours. On weekends from January through March, she goes to races with her dogs. Last year, when Liz was in the junior category, she won every race. When Liz was about 7, she and her mom used the Internet to follow a musher in Alaska's famous Iditarod sled-dog race.