Sentences with phrase «dog mushers in»

When I got my second dog Ice (Alaskan Husky) I sought professional advice and found amazing people (dog trainers, groomers and dog mushers in Alaska and Colorado) and with their guidance I studied to become a professional dog trainer, behaviour consultant and dog groomer.

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He began by taking in street mutts and other mushers» castoffs — the kind of dogs Lance could relate to.

With mushers as your guide you will get a chance to witness true working sled dogs in action!

A Challenge to Canine Health The rigors of the Iditarod sled dog race, in which a musher and a team of 12 to 16 dogs cover some 1,150 miles in 16 days, takes its toll on the health of its athletes.

Mushers ran the dogs in mock, 100 - mile races for four to five days in a row.

«The bloodlines of my dogs date back 100 years,» says Lance Mackey, Larry's owner and legendary racing musher, the only person to win the long - distance Iditarod and the Yukon Quest in the same year with the same dog team.

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With your wall map and miniature dog teams in place, your students committed to following individual mushers, and a well developed background on the dogs, you're ready to receive updates at least twice a day (and more often if you are interested) online.

The ratio of dogs to speed in elapsed time is a fairly accurate indicator of the success each musher is having on the trail.

But as the teams spread out across the Klondike, mushers whittle numbers down to an average of six dogs in order to increase speed on the open, fast tundra.

A nice extension of this activity is to make a template of a musher's team (usually no bigger than an inch by 2 inches in size), or have students create their own small facsimiles of a dog team out of tagboard and label them with their names.

In even - numbered years, the mushers and their dog teams follow the northern route.

DULUTH, Minn. — In an effort to attract more mushers and infuse new energy into their event, organizers of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon have agreed to shorten the iconic winter race that skirts the North Shore and evokes a historic mail route.

But then again, how was she supposed to know that all the mushers were entitled to complimentary straw for their sled dogs at several points during the K300 racecourse, including here in Tuluksak?

The victory marked the third year in a row that the winning musher was feeding Dr. Tim's Momentum Dog Food as their dry kibble.

The initial work has also been done for a weaver who runs a small flock of colored sheep, a farmer storing feed grain in his barn, a flock - owner in wolf territory, a recreational musher, a rabbit hunter, and a pet owner with an interest in any of the characteristics of the herding, guarding, terrier, working, or hound dogs; what remains is to find just the right breed to match the lifestyle and personality of the owner.

In the case of the Samoyeds, early kennel - men took the aboriginal dogs, re-developed them and sold them to mushers who were looking for working dogs under the guise papered dogs are superior.

This year, musher Jeremy Gebauer's five - year - old dog, Rodman, died after running 650 miles in the race.

Individual preferences by mushers in the breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and training of the dogs must all practice humane care and handling at every stage of the animal's development.

Any action or inaction which causes preventable pain or suffering to a dog is expressly forbidden, and a dog who is noted to be in critical condition can cause the musher to be held at a checkpoint for up to eight hours while an investigation is completed.

Indicating that the ITC needs to initiate further changes to ensure a death - free event, dogs continue to die in the Iditarod and mushers push even harder to break speed records.

Around this same time they made their first appearance in what is known as the All Alaskan Sweepstakes, where mushers pushed their dog teams to make the 408 - mile run from Nome to Candie.

He's also a sled - dog musher, and in March, Dr. Hunt will be heading to Alaska as an Iditarod competitor.

Sibes came to the rescue 20 mushers and over 100 dogs undertook the trip in a relay.

He has authored several articles in the ISDVMA Handbook for Veterinarians and Mushers, has contributed to many publications and research studies, and is a frequent speaker at sled dog medical conferences.

At this point, the first plan of action in building her business is for Courtney to do some volunteer work with a dog sled musher in Alaska and gain some experience working with that population.

This Great Race spans from Anchorage to Nome as the musher and her team of 12 to 16 dogs cover over 1,150 miles of rough and beautiful terrain in only 10 to 17 days.

(Sadly, mushers in the Iditarod use this innate response to their benefit; sled dogs will pull against pressure to utter exhaustion, even death.)

In the evening, a special farewell dinner was followed by a presentation from local dog mushers.

A scenic drive in an open air vehicle up the Iditarod Trail takes you to Iditarod musher, Nick Petit's dog kennel.