Sled Dogs: More Than Meets the Eye | National Geographic

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In West Yellowstone, Montana, sled dog mushers of all ages gather to compete in the Rodeo Run, a two-day race. These sled dogs aren't just the typical Siberian husky—some have been crossed with other breeds to go farther and faster.

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"Generally, I like the dogs more than I like most people..."

Amen, sister.

kungfuman

I like the gal who's dogs started howling while she was talking. You could see the passion and pride in her.

erictyler

"they have brains, they're not like pets"
*they all howl*

Kingdomall

After seeing this it’s even sadder to see huskies in my country with the hot tropical climate that spend all day in people’s terraces.

valaguilera

They have horses in the summer Olympics, I think they should have dog sledding in the winter games.

j.obrien

Almost made me cry to hear them howl...so anointed these dog angels!!

AngeleDeux

It's not wrong to exercise your dogs, it's wrong to not exercise them.

animallover

People say dog sledding is abuse but its not these animals are born for this and if you watch them they are happy jumping around wagging their tails and its very good exercise so before you say its abuse watch these animals and how happy they are doing it they are born for it

adriannasebastian

"generally I like dogs better than people" - we know what you mean :) These dogs seem to love running!

funnymalstv

When they are put in harness, they start leaping against them because they are so excited to pull. They can’t wait. They love it.

johnhelms

I don't have a sleddog race but sheepdogs and they do love to pull. When I take out the harness the dogs starts to jump, and scream and go nuts because they got so excited. You can never force a dog to love it, you can never force a dog who don't want to pull, to do it. They have to have it in it self. A dog who loves to pull - you can't miss that.

A dog who is born to pull, knows what he's gonna do when the harness comes on. My dogs who's not sleddogs is trained to pull and they love to run. Never forced them to it.

I had an Samoyed last winter and he had never pull a sled before, never pull a bike before. Never been in a harness before.
Only do some tricks, takes walks etc.

When I got him he knew for the first time he got an harness on what he was gonna to do. And to see that was the most powerful thing I ever experienced.

It was so beautiful to see a dog do what its born to do. The happiness in his eyes, the joy when we took of and he could run for hours.

He came from an owner who thought they could have him as an companion dog and be happy with it.

I took him from owner who didn't had a clue what they got into when they bought a sleddog and not give it what he needed.
Walks and tricks wasn't good enough for him.

They wanted a dog that could enjoy sleeping in the couch, take a nice walk in the forest without the leash.

They didn't understand that they bought a dog that was born to run. But he was white, fluffy and cute.
They couldn't keep him inside, he went nuts. Outside he was so stressed about everything. He had so much energy inside his body that wanted to come out. The owner couldn't handle that and I was honest to them when I met them.

Why the hell did you bought a sleddog as a companion pet? google and read, look at videos about them and then you understand your dog and its behavior.

When this dog got what he needed, he became a different dog, he was calm, happy and - obedient.
No problem to leave alone a couple hours in an apartment and no problem to walk with.

He knew what he was born to do but the owner didn't.

When you see a dog do what they are breed to, you'll understand the dog.

krappykro

As a 5 year musher this made me legit cry. This sport and these dogs are so beautiful.

bushhippie

My grandpa (Dad’s side) has, or did, have a sled dog team, he cared for them, fed them, did everything for them. Only a few are left, back when I was a young one there was A WHOLE PACK!

AfterPartyGoer

Having a pack of sled dogs is like having a little pack of domesticated wolves who see YOU as the alpha and protect you instead of trying to kill u. Ain't that cool? Dogs are pretty cool creatures. And the fact that there's a verity of dogs to choose from around the world is just amazing.

NorCal