Managing intestinal parasites in sled dog kennels
Maintaining a kennel of healthy sled dogs requires a far different approach than what may be deployed effectively for a single house pet. Large numbers of dogs grouped together, with exposure to other very large groups of dogs at races, on trails, and when traveling, are best served with fecal…
Nick Petit wins Kobuk 440
A month after a wrong turn cost him his lead in the 2018 Iditarod, Nicolas Petit was back on top. The French-born Girdwood musher claimed a decisive victory in the Kobuk 440, the prestigious last event of the Alaskan sled dog race season. Petit rode across the finish line in…
Massachussetts musher offers summer sled dog camps for kids
We all heard of summer riding camps where mostly horse-crazy girls without the luxury of having their own horse get to spend a week riding and caring for horses in a controlled camp environment. This concept also exists for sled dogs at Hilltown Sleddogs, located in West Chesterfield, Massachussetts. Hilltown…
Streeper claims sixth Rondy title
Canadian musher Blayne “Buddy” Streeper sixth title in February’s Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship may trigger fresh whispers – and expectations. Can the Fort Nelson, British Columbia, sprint musher ascend to the pantheon of his sport, where only two men reside? As most sprint mushing fans know, 10-time champion George…
Streepers sweep 2018 ONAC
Every person visits Alaska for a reason. Some travel to the Last Frontier in search of an adventure, while others hope to learn something new about themselves while observing the state’s unmatched beauty. Twenty-two mushers brought their sled dog teams to Fairbanks, Alaska, from March 16-18. They shared one common…
The New Mushing Magazine is out
Mushing Magazine #180 is out and has been shipped. Here is what's in it: Arctic adventure with Ketil Reitan, Dryland race preview of European Championships, race report from first Chugiak Dryland races in Alaska, a report of Greenland huskies in the summer; in the vet corner Dawn Brown talks about…
2018 Yukon Quest: Dream Chasers
As I write these lines, the Yukon Quest and Iditarod both have long come to an end. The Iditarod has a new champion with Joar Leifseth Ulsom. The last time a musher not named Seavey won Iditarod was 2011 with John Baker. 2011 was also the year that Allen Moore…
Norwegian Joar Leifseth Ulsom wins 2018 Iditarod
The winter of 2017/2018 goes into the weather annals as one of the snowiest and stormiest years since early 1900s when weather data started being collected in northwestern Alaska. And it was the weather that drove much of this year’s narrative of the 44th running of The Last Great Race….
Meet Joar Leifseth Ulsom
Joar Leifseth Ulsom is not a new name in the Alaskan mushing circuit, but to the broader public, not much was known about this quiet Norwegian musher who burst onto the Alaskan dog mushing scene in 2013. In conversations among media or mushers, he was referred to as “The Norwegian”,…
Finnmarksløpet 1200 experiments with a different format
The Finnmarksløpet open class 14-dog team class is the longest sled dog race in Norway and Europe. The Finnmarksløpet had its inaugural run in 1981 and in the last 20 years, only 10 to 30 teams finished the open class race. The race starts and finishes in Alta in northern…