Sentences with phrase «mushers who»

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.

In 2008, when Paul Gebhardt, a top musher who had finished the Iditarod 11 times, went for a long run without sleep, he became so disoriented that he turned around just shy of a checkpoint.

Dr. Tim, aside from making dog food, is also a veterinarian and a musher who owns Alaskan Huskies.

Not exact matches

The obvious question now is, How did a nice Bronx boy, who knows the Lexington Avenue subway line like an Iditarod musher knows her dogs, get to bouncing around low and slow over ice fields a short jump from Sitka?

He is the one who started the company and is a veterinarian as well as an accomplished dog musher.

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.

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.

More than 54 teams remained on the Iditarod trail headed toward Nome, including rookie Jamaican musher Newton Marshall, who was in 48th place.

The Siberian tribes were among the first mushers, followed by explorers and hunters, who moved to arctic latitudes and found that the best way to travel was by means of a dog and sled.

We met Jessie Ryan, an upcoming musher from Minnesota, who put these dogs through another mushing demonstration for us.

Those who want to catch the end of the race in Nome can fly from within Alaska or out - of - state to catch the mushers coming into the finish line, typically eight days and several hours from the start of the race and up to 10 days after, though accommodations are limited, and should also be booked well in advance.