You could pull the sled with fewer dogs, but you still won’t get the speed.
The smaller breeds are better sprinters, but they just don’t have the ability to recover that the purpose bred dogs do.
]]>storm kloud kennel entered an all-mal team in the iditarod several years ago though, just because. they made it 600 miles, i think.
whether alaskan husky = only huskies or huskies mixed with other ‘outside’ breeds seems to depend on who you ask. but yeah, the iditarod mushers have produced a remarkable animal.
]]>The key seems to be matching the size and pulling capacity of the dogs to the specific sled and musher.
]]>You are a wonderful font of arcane knowledge hipparchia! 😀
]]>and alaskan husky really is the name most often used to identify the breed-in-the-making that has become the premier racing sled dog.
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