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5 Dogs Dead, 8 Injured Training for Iditarod Sled Dog Race

The Iditarod, Alaska’s celebrated annual sled dog race, has heightened its safety measures after five dogs lost their lives. Worse still, another eight suffered injuries due to snowmobile collisions ...
Tahoe Daily Tribune.com

Local team in training for Iditarod Sled Dog Race

KIRKWOOD – Gardnerville native Chris Miller can be found at Kirkwood Mountain Resort most winter days doing what he loves best, working with his 21 Siberian Huskies. Although he insists on calling it ...
WISH-TV

Alaska’s sled dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit during race training

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight ...
Post-Bulletin

Sled dogs training in Minnesota for Arctic trek

WOODBURY, Minn. — When it’s 50 below and you’ve been leading a team of sled dogs through the Arctic, the snack of choice is a stick of butter. Danish explorer Mille Porsild said she expects to eat a ...
Alaska Public Media

Iditarod mushers say low snow means more broken sleds and training on 4-wheelers

Four barking dogs pulled musher Ryan Redington on a four-wheeler across a frozen lake in Knik, about an hour north of Anchorage. Normally, he said, he’d be training on a sled, but it’s been months ...
MLive

Headed to the U.P.’s CopperDog sled dog races? Here’s what to know

CALUMET, MICH. -- The annual CopperDog sled dog races return to historic Calumet in the U.P.’s Keweenaw Peninsula this week, bringing together scores of dogs, mushers and spectators for one of the ...
Yahoo! Sports

Sled dog team struck by snowmachine in Interior Alaska was from Dallas Seavey's kennel

Nov. 23—The sled dog team that collided with a snowmachine on the Denali Highway last week was part of five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey's renowned kennel. Two dogs died and the remaining ...
The Aspen Times

After 23 years, dog sled race returns to Camp Hale

It may have been cold and windy on Sunday at Camp Hale, but that did not stop the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club members and affiliates from spending hours outside, having fun, and competing in dog ...
The New York Times

Lack of Snow Prompts Cancellation of Longest Sled Dog Race in Eastern U.S.

The decision to call off the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race for the first time since its inception three decades ago was a matter of safety, organizers said. By Rebecca Carballo Jonathan ...
NBC Bay Area

Alaska's Iditarod to offer neon visibility harnesses after 5 dogs fatally hit during training

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions ...
Grand Forks Herald

Sled dogs training for Arctic trek

WOODBURY, Minn. -- When it's 50 below and you've been leading a team of sled dogs through the Arctic, the snack of choice is a stick of butter. Danish explorer Mille Porsild said she expects to eat a ...