Blair Braverman is quite the adventurer. The writer and dogsledder enjoys taking part in the classic, annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race each year in which sled dogs pull their “mushers” 1000 miles across the Alaskan wilderness.
The dogs are majestic – strong, brave, hearty, loving, cooperative…and then there’s Grinch.
Let’s just say that while he’s strong, it appears you get a choice between brains and brawn.
4. Grinch (age 6?)
Grinch has a heart of gold and a brain like a box of rocks. He is extremely strong, maybe our strongest dog, but is easily confused. He loves attention. He loves giving hugs. He has a significant overbite and his limbs are fitted together like off-brand LEGOs. pic.twitter.com/jrmob29ynt
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) January 2, 2019
Frankly, we’re already in love with this goofy guy.
But anyone following the dogsledder probably already recognized Grinch since he was the star of a viral Twitter thread she wrote the year before about one of her practice runs with him.
It all began with one simple tweet – and the thread had us laughing out loud by the end.
I want to tell you a story about Grinch.
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
Trust us, this is a story you want to hear.
Braverman once again reminded everyone that Grinch isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, but that he’s a real sweetheart. And that’s clearly what’s making up for everything else.
He has the biggest heart of any dog I’ve ever met— pic.twitter.com/l2ZaYLH9XJ
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
To make a long story short, in October of 2018, Braverman took Grinch and his teammate Jenga out for practice. They were using a wheeled cart since there was no snow on the ground.
Apparently, Grinch doesn’t have the best track record with the cart – but hey, practice makes perfect!
Historically, Grinch has had some issues with the cart. pic.twitter.com/bSdGlqu0Po
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
Things were fine for a while and both dogs did their jobs with glee.
They went about a mile and a half when Braverman decided it was time to turn around. Since dogs don’t exactly do U-turns, she stood to turn the cart in the other direction so they could head home.
“Let’s go,” she said.
But we did not go. pic.twitter.com/BDGdXvDbiR
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
Alas, the command that was supposed to make them move resulted in nothing at all.
Braverman wasn’t sure what was happening. Grinch seemed to want to run but he wouldn’t move.
Finally, she realized what was going on.
Guys, we’d been running in one direction. And now we were facing the other direction. It was very confusing.
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
It was just a little too much complexity for his brain to handle.
He even sat right down despite the fact that they were both yowling to move. (And just to be clear, it’s the dogs that move the cart – they could have just started running. There’s no brake on it!)
It took an impressive amount of time for Grinch to figure it all out!
After a solid 20 minutes, during which time Jenga aged ten years, Grinch suddenly started running. I think that we basically waited out the span of his short-term memory so that he no longer recalled having turned around. pic.twitter.com/jtu3MHOffJ
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
Remember, this is something the dog does with great frequency.
They did get home eventually. But we’re not sure if Jenga and Grinch were on speaking terms right after this escapade.
Jenga was like “omfg Bler tell me this is a joke” pic.twitter.com/kDpmg4quto
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
But have no fear, Grinch is still a part of the team!
Be sure to scroll down below to see the hilarious video of Grinch just standing there confused or click on any of the Tweets above to see the whole thread.
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I kept thinking that Grinch would figure it out. pic.twitter.com/2umsCRtkn9
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
