The Quick Canine Musculoskeletal Exam
There is a lot that has to go into keeping an active dog healthy, but one of the most important in keeping a sled dog going strong is caring for the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia of musculoskeletal system. Watching the fluidity and smoothness of a moving dog (watching how…
Smokin’ Aces
Meet the Super Dogs of Matt Hall's Smokin' Aces Kennel.
Kennel Spotlight: Matt Hall and the Smokin’ Aces
A three-mile long sideroad snakes through the birch and spruce forest off the Chena Hot Springs Road, about an hour out of Fairbanks, Alaska. Three miles – that’s easy-peasy on a nice fall day, but I imagined the herculean effort it takes to keep the road open in the wintertime….
Kennel Spotlight: Alaskan Wildstyle Racing Kennel of Aaron Burmeister
Aaron Burmeister, 45, was born and raised into a mushing family in Nome. Both parents were immersed in dog mushing and became involved in running dogs through Howard Farley in the early 1970s. “I grew up raising and racing dogs,” said Aaron. His father Richard raced the Fur Rendezvous World…
The 2021 Kobuk 440: A race pummeled by storms
The 2021 Kobuk 440: A race pummeled by storms The Kobuk 440 is named the toughest dog race above the Arctic Circle for a reason. The race takes teams from the coastal town of Kotzebue across Kobuk Lake and up the Kobuk River to the village of Kobuk and…