DOGSLEDDING
The what's and how's of how the dogs got around
RACES
- The most famous race is the iditarod
- Fastest time for the iditarod is 8 days, 13 hours, and 4 minutes
- The average amount of people and dogs is 70 mushers and 1100 dogs
- 61 mushers, half of the dogs complete race
- dogsledding in the olympics
- practiced in 100 countries
WHAT
- dogsledding
- dogsled races
- dangerous races
WHERE
- 100 countries
- U.S.A
- Alaska
- the dogs perform better in cold tempatures
WHY
- to win money ( win up to 70,000 dollars and a brand new truck)
- to win the race
- the musher and the dogs can share a closer bond and build up thier friendship
WHO
- mushers
- dogs
- vets at every check point
WHEN
- iditorod starts 1st Saturday of March
- lasts between 9 and 15 days
- training begins at 8 weeks old for the dogs
HOW
- It takes a lot of patience and discipline
- Have to be very patient
- train dogs
HISTORY
- Dog sledding, done for thousands of years
- Siberans used dog sledding to migrate
- People used sleddogs or hunting and gathering
- Original sleddogs are direct descendants from wolves
- Dog sledding was first made for transporting a syrum to help cure diseases
- The first winner of the first sled race took 20 days
INTERESTING FACTS
- Some of the racing dogs come from the pound, when they are going to be killed the next day
- Most dogs don't want to lead
- True leader wants to go straight to work/ hard chargers
- Mid dance races up to 300 miles
- Muscular Structure of the dogs body is important
MLA'S\PICTURES CITED
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Committee, Inc., 2015. Web. 03 Mar. 2015.
Forsberg, Will. "Dogsledding." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2015. Web. 11 Mar. 2015.
PICTURES CITED- http://www.goodtimesadventures.com/dogsledding.html
NAMES OF AUTHORS March 12th Period 1/5
Sydney Pollitt
John Stauffer
Luke Harris