In Iditarod it's all about the dogs and it takes happy healthy dogs to reach peak performance. Any racing musher will tell you that healthy happy dogs are the basis for success and good dog care is the pathway to having healthy happy dogs.
Every winter since 1973, men and dogs face what has become known as The Last Great Race, the Iditarod, pronouced Hi-dit-a-rod from an Athabaskan Indian word meaning a distant place.
When musher Sebastian Schnuelle was just past the halfway mark in last year's Iditarod, he made a decision guaranteeing he'd have no chance of winning but one that better ensured the safety of his 13 sled dogs.
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) takes great pride in its role of providing excellence in dog care, not only during the race, but through an extensive program of pre-race vetÂerinary screenÂing. The result of these efforts is a level of screening and health care that an overwhelming majority of the human population will never experience!
We all know that in snow or icy areas huge number of peoples are using dog sledding in different ways. In snow areas people use dog sledding like their cars.
In Iditarod it's all about the dogs and it takes happy healthy dogs to reach peak performance. Any racing musher will tell you that healthy happy dogs are the basis for success and good dog care is the pathway to having healthy happy dogs.
Every winter since 1973, men and dogs face what has become known as The Last Great Race, the Iditarod, pronouced Hi-dit-a-rod from an Athabaskan Indian word meaning a distant place.
When musher Sebastian Schnuelle was just past the halfway mark in last year's Iditarod, he made a decision guaranteeing he'd have no chance of winning but one that better ensured the safety of his 13 sled dogs.
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) takes great pride in its role of providing excellence in dog care, not only during the race, but through an extensive program of pre-race vetÂerinary screenÂing. The result of these efforts is a level of screening and health care that an overwhelming majority of the human population will never experience!
We all know that in snow or icy areas huge number of peoples are using dog sledding in different ways. In snow areas people use dog sledding like their cars.
