Husky News

The Alaskan Malamute is a generally large breed of domestic dog originally bred for use as an Alaskan sled dog. It is sometimes mistaken for a Siberian Husky, but in fact is quite different in many ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Dog drivers from Jamaica, Scotland, Italy, Canada and the United States – most especially Alaska – will compete the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a northern route that will take mushers and nearly 1,000 sled dogs over 1,112 miles of Alaska wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »

As she begins her fifth season of competitive sled dog racing, Kathy Lesinski said her family has finally accepted that mushing is her prime pursuit. Read the rest of this entry »

If all this snow made you think Pembroke was going to the dogs, well, this week you were right. Read the rest of this entry »

Chugiak sled dog racer Jennifer Sterling (formerly Payne) will be a part of the Team USA contingent competing at the 2009 International Federation of Sleddog Sports World Championships in Daaquam, Quebec, Canada, Jan. 6 to Jan. 25. Read the rest of this entry »

The sleek, 6-year-old Alaskan Husky gladly lifted her paws Tuesday as Justin Fink, of Gladwin, fitted her feet with protective coverings. Read the rest of this entry »

Dog sled racing heats up in the dead of winter and training lasts all year but intensifies in the fall to help the dogs perform at their best. Read the rest of this entry »

Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »

With his dirty, red, arctic snowsuit stripped off and packed away in his sled, defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and his team off 11 Alaska huskies set off to run for Nome at 4:53 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

After nearly 1,000 miles of racing, eight minutes separated the dog teams of defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and four-time victor Jeff King. Read the rest of this entry »

The morning fog lifted just hours before four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King rolled into this Bering Sea village to claim the lead for the first time in The Last Great Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Nulato at 2:49 this afternoon, still leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Ruby this afternoon to begin his run down the ice-covered Yukon River in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, hoping to put some distance between him and Jeff King’s team of 16 energetic dogs. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Jeff King the real leader of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race? Read the rest of this entry »

Former champion Mitch Seavey took the lead into the ghost town of Ophir today as warm, wet conditions blanketed the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite temperatures nearly tropical for hard-working dogs, defending champion Lance Mackey bolted out of Nikolai late Tuesday afternoon to grab the lead in the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Former champion Mitch Seavey took the lead at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, the first musher to reach the ghost town of Ophir. Read the rest of this entry »

Cliff Roberson straggled into this tent checkpoint early Monday afternoon, exhausted and running 70th in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance Mackey set off Sunday on the competitive portion of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, armed with a serious mission _ to repeat history by again winning two grueling back-to-back races. Read the rest of this entry »

A musher from Quebec has taken his fourth title in the Can-Crown International Sled Dog Races in northern Maine. Read the rest of this entry »