Meet the Musher: Christina Gibson

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Meet the Musher: Christina Gibson

My name is Christina Gibson and I am 16 years old. I grew up in the western part of Washington state, and now live in the Methow Valley located in Eastern Washington. I run Whiteout Racing Kennel and have been racing and training Sled Dogs for three years, running races in the ‘lower 48’.  

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Meet the Musher: Matt Hodgson

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Meet the Musher: Matt Hodgson

My name is Matt Hodgson and I am based in Brighton UK. I have a very small kennel consisting of 2 Alaskan Malamutes and two Canadian Eskimo Dogs. I have been involved in sled dog racing for about 12 years now, mainly dryland mushing at various rallies around the UK...

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Sled Dog Record Keeping

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Sled Dog Record Keeping

Keeping records on various aspects of dogs' lives can be an important part of their overall care, whether those records are for medical care, feeding, breeding, training, or exercise. Recording the details can help improve health, condition, and performance in dogs, and will provide useful information for a dog's lifetime and beyond.

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Iditarod.com/edu/

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Iditarod.com/edu/

This year a new website, iditarod.com/edu, presents a new home for Iditarod educational content, with the support of teachers around the world, and the partnership of ExxonMobil. This new site gives educators, students, and parents easy access to lesson plans, videos, race information, and other key resources.

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Sled Dog Info Social Media

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Sled Dog Info Social Media

There are many ways to connect, network, and find information in the wonderful world of sled dogs, and social media gives us several great ways to connect with others, seek resources, and share our own knowledge and experiences.

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Wikipedia on Mushing

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Wikipedia on Mushing

The free online encyclopedia Wikipedia includes a lengthy article on the term “mushing.” After a few introductory lines about alternative meanings of the word comes this definition:

“Mushing is a general term for a sport or transport method powered by dogs, and includes carting, pulka, scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled on snow. The term is thought to come from the French word marche, or go, run, the command to the team to commence pulling. ‘Mush!’ is rarely used in modern parlance, however; ‘Hike!’ is more common in English. Mushing can be utilitarian, recreational, or competitive.”

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The Iconography of Sled Dogs

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The Iconography of Sled Dogs

The classic image of a team of sled dogs racing along the trail has graced everything from sweaters to beer labels to stained glass windows, because it is an iconic reminder of the glory days when pioneers, prospectors, mailmen and freighters drove teams of stalwart-hearted huskies across the land.

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Welcome!

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Welcome!

"We all congregate here, around this race and around this sport, because at the core of things, we all want to celebrate and promote and fiercely defend the incredible possibilities that dogs afford us."

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