Minocqua, Wisconsin will be the sight of the world championships featuring 350 teams representing 32 countries from around the world.

Alaskan Huskies are not Siberian Huskies. In fact, they aren’t technically a breed, per se, but more of a dog type, according to ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. Some of the official breeds believed to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

SEELEY LAKE – When Clayton Perry starts hooking his sled dogs into their harnesses, they know it’s time to run. By the time the musher from Power clipped the last animal onto the line for a fall ...

It may have been cold and windy on Sunday at Camp Hale, but that did not stop the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club members and affiliates from spending hours outside, having fun and competing in dog ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Because of our so far mostly snowless winter the 2024 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has been canceled. The cancelation is ...

Located deep in the woods of Ely, lies a special kind of dog kennel, one made specifically for sled dogs. “We have around 90 dogs here. They are age ranges in the mid to upper ages. This is an old ...

For centuries, when the Inuit hunters of North West Greenland noticed that their dog teams had begun to lose their vitality, they had a simple but little-known solution. They would stake out females ...

In veterinary school I was taught that dogs are physically incapable of smiling, because they lack the necessary facial muscles. I doubt the veterinarians who determined this ever witnessed the ...