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Hello! My name is Jake Hway. I was born and raised in Ely, Minnesota and sled dogs have let me be a part of their lives since the turn of the century. I started working for a kennel of Alaskan Husky racing dogs operated by Stan Passananti in 2000. We also did guided camping trips by dog team in the BWCA Wilderness.
I had Hedlund breed dogs for 25 years. Used to race 200 mile races. Then got out of mushing for 4 years. Now for 5 years I been running a sprint breed Alaskan huskies. They have some border collie in them too. I’m not racing, just trying to keep dog mushing alive in this remote Village.
1988 I started Alpine Outfitters sled dog Equipment,
Worked on a few Movies, raised a family and handled for my husband Joe.
10 years ago I sold Alpine Outfitters to take care of and spend more time with Joe who passed from cancer 18 months ago.
I am still running dogs, sewing again and loving my grand kids. This sport has given me an incredible life and l look forward to helping the sport grow and see what's around the next corner on the trail.
I moved to Alaska in 2015 after meeting my husband, Richie Beattie, during a winter as a photographer at a sled dog tour operation in Colorado. He inspired me to live in the Last Frontier of Alaska and I took the gamble to move here. I was wildly in love - with both the man and dogs - so it just made sense to explore new lands.
“Dog sledding is not a sport for me. It isn't a hobby or pastime. Dog sledding to me is a lifestyle. Most of the choices I make revolve around my dogs and my life with them.”
I'm a large, hairless allegedly intelligent primate in Two Rivers, Alaska with 21 sled dogs, 2 cautious cats, a very nervous house rabbit and the most patient wife on the planet. I'm an amateur historian and long time student of the Canadian fur-trade between the years 1763 and 1850.
Hello! My name is Leah Fetterley and I own and operate North Ridge Ranch Dogsledding in Huntsville, Ontario with my husband, Brad Fetterley. I had my first dogsledding experience while attending Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was in the Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism program, and I participated in a 10 day dogsledding expedition with Outward Bound.
My wife Sherri and I live in Minnesota with our 36 dogs with puppies on the way, a cat and Pig named Petunia. For many years we lived in a remote, off-the-grid cabin. A few years ago Sherri told me "This is the last winter that I am going to spend in this cabin.” I built a more modern house closer to town. I must admit that I enjoy the indoor toilet and shower. Like many mushers, the dogs are a big part of our lives, raising, training and caring for them.
We are just adventurous (and partly crazy) dog parents to Twigs (cattle dog x husky) and Huckleberry (cattle dog). I work full time in forestry (wildfire) and my husband Travis is an environmental scientist. We run a small school that teaches folks skills for skijor, kicksled and canicross with all moneys going back to charity (Red Dog Sled Dog School).
I’m 24 years old, from Palmer, Alaska but my kennel is located in Knik, Alaska. I have around 30 dogs at any given time, currently we’ve got 23 adults in training for this race season. I also have several pet dogs, including a 3-legged sled dog, a German Shepherd Dog, and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
I have been fascinated by sled dogs since I was a teenager. Throughout my school years a filled my passion by working with other kennels, first in Europe and then later in Alaska. Our kennel currently houses up to fifty dogs, that is counting puppies and geriatrics.
I adore my dogs. I have learned so much from them over the years. The kennel size right now is 22 dogs, 17 adult dogs in training and five puppies. There are also two yearlings who are training with a friend of mine, Christine. I am so lucky that she offered to train them because it takes the load off with 17 adults.
Hi, my name is Tony Turner of Athol, New Zealand. I have been running dogs since 1991. I started with an Alaskan Malamute called Mikya. At the time I didn't really know there was so many different breed types.. I just thought everything was a husky (the computer age hadn't really started then...
We indian people we were born in to the dog mushing ....as a child in the community where we live everyone had a dog team ....where ever we go in the winter we use a dog team ...as kids we play with pups .....at new years day we watch the trappers race for bragging rights.....we indian people are very emotionally. ..spiritually. .connected to the dogs
Grew up in Alaska out around Yukon river, Fairbanks/Anchorage, got into dogs in my senior year of high school. My kennel consist of 30 dogs, most I've raised and harness broke myself. We mainly tour and race as well as use my guys out on the trapline and some hunting with them.
I grew up in Alaska. We moved there in 1958 when Alaska was still a territory. I got into dog mushing in the Junior Alaska Sled Dog Racing Association at age nine. We returned to the lower 48 when I was in high school. I married a girl from Wenatchee, Washington who I met in college in Nashville, TN.
I live in central NH with about 30 siberian & alaskan huskies. I was a professional rock musician before I got hooked on dog mushing, but retired from that career after a few years of running dogs. Now I work as a computer programmer from my home.
My husband, Pasi Ikonen, and I started Hetta Huskies about 10 years ago. Pasi’s company was already running heli-skiing events and organising mountain skills training courses, corporate PR events and adventure races at the time and we initially envisioned the huskies to simply be an extension of our product options...
Lacey and I are sport, recreation, adventure, and dog-loving enthusiasts, currently living in Northwest Wisconsin, USA. Lacey is a 2-time Paralympic Medalist and World Champion alpine mono-skier, ski coach/instructor, singer/songwriter, motivational speaker, and overall badass...
My name is Jean-Pierre Bussio and I come from a small town in South Africa called Clanwilliam in the Western Cape. I moved to Norway about five years ago, for work and to be with my fiancé Heidi Myrtveit. Here in Norway I got involved in mushing. Our kennel is called Hardcore Mushing...
