2021 Iditarod won’t be coming to Nome
On Friday Dec. 18, the Iditarod Trail Committee announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 49th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race will follow a different course, one that won’t lead dog teams up to the Bering Sea and ultimately to Nome. Instead, the Iditarod will be…
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A handler’s journey on the Yukon Quest
The Yukon Quest is regarded as the most grueling thousand miles by dog sled in the race world, but did you know that this goes beyond the mushers and the incredible canine athletes? Some races on the road system require handlers. What do handlers do? They drive from one checkpoint…
2020 Serum Run Expedition: Traveling Home from Nenana to Nome
February 24, 2020, Nenana. I was scurrying around the staging area surrounded by 12 of my sled dogs preparing to embark on the 2020 Serum Run Trail Expedition. Soon, my dogs and me would travel through a small grove of trees to the Nenana River and follow the tracks of…
Tetzner Racing Farm’s European sled dogs compete in Alaska
This edition of Mushing Magazine features the German dog team of Tetzner Racing Farm from Burg, Germany. Michael Tetzner has been traveling to Alaska for years to participate in the sprint race circuit. His homebase is a farm spread in Burg, located in Schleswig-Holstein, the northern part of Germany. Tetzner…
Nome Kennel Club holds first annual Dog Fair and Dog Show
Bleachers were in place, the hot dogs were sizzling, tables were decked with prizes and the sun had chased away rain clouds that had dumped sheets of rain on Nome just days prior the first annual Nome Kennel Club Dog Fair and Best of Nome Dog Show on August 24….
Vaccination protocols for sled dogs
The goal of vaccination is to safely prevent infectious diseases that have potential to sicken or kill your dogs and prevent the spread of these diseases to other animals. There are some basic things to bear in mind: An appropriate schedule for you dogs is highly dependent on where you…
SuperDogs of Erick Laforce
In this magazine the section Super Dogs features the athletes of Erick Laforce’s Grizzly Kennel, located in Lanoraie, Quebec, Canada. Laforce lists as his major achievements successes in the following races: Défi du Lac St-Jean, 6 dogs, 25 miles, two days race for a total of 50 miles; Marmora, 6…
WINDS OF CHANGE: 2009 IDITAROD PROMPTS NEW REQUIREMENTS TO BETTER PREPARE ROOKIES
Since its inception in 1973, the Iditarod has undergone nothing short of a complete metamorphosis in terms of the time it takes to get to Nome, the style of dog run, the type of gear used to get there, and the skills of the competitors making the attempts. Gone are…
Pete Kaiser wins 2019 Iditarod
Wind-driven snow blowing through Front Street and the late hour did not keep throngs of Iditarod fans from coming to the finish line in Nome as Bethel’s Pete Kaiser, 31, became the 2019 Iditarod champion at 3:39 a.m. on March 13. To the drums of the Nome St. Lawrence Island…