This article is about the variety of dog. For the sport where dogs pull sleds over a distance, see Sled dog racing. For the Canadian documentary film, see Sled Dogs (film).
Carrying the mail and the weekly Klondike Nugget, this service covered all the creeks adjacent to Dawson City. The service was established by Jean (or Gene) Allen in 1898
A sled dog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in harness, most commonly a sled over snow.
Sled dogs have been used in the Arctic for at least 8,000 years and, along with watercraft, were the only transportation in Arctic areas until the introduction of semi-trailer trucks, snowmobiles and airplanes in the 20th century, hauling supplies in areas that were inaccessible by other methods.[1] They were used with varying success in the explorations of both poles, as well as during the Alaskan gold rush. Sled dog teams delivered mail to rural communities in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Sled dogs today are still used by some rural communities, especially in areas of Russia, Canada, and Alaska as well as much of Greenland. They are used for recreational purposes and racing events, such as the Iditarod Trail and the Yukon Quest.
A sleddog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in harness, most commonly a sled over snow. Sled dogs have been used in the Arctic for at least...
A dogsled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending...
The Iditarod Trail SledDog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod (/aɪˈdɪtərɒd/), is an annual long-distance sleddog race held in Alaska in early...
Sleddog racing (sometimes termed dogsled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland...
dog scootering, sleddog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled,...
The Sirius DogSled Patrol (Danish: Slædepatruljen Sirius), known informally as Siriuspatruljen (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as North-East Greenland...
(/ˈmæləˌmjuːt/) is a large breed of dog that was originally bred for its strength and endurance, to haul heavy freight as a sleddog, and as a hound. It is similar...
was an Alaskan husky and sleddog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen...
The Siberian Husky is a medium-sized working sleddog breed. The breed belongs to the Spitz genetic family. It is recognizable by its thickly furred double...
meaning "pointed", in reference to the pointed muzzle) is a type of domestic dog consisting of between 50 and 70 breeds depending on classification. There...
of sleddog races contains dozens of contests created by supporters of mushing, the sport of racing sled dogs. It is unknown when the first sleddog race...
Husky is a general term for a dog used in the polar regions, primarily and specifically for work as sled dogs. It refers to a traditional northern type...
Canadian Eskimo Dog. Canadian Eskimo Dog Club of Great Britain Canadian Inuit/Eskimo Dog Network Inuit SledDog International Archived 2014-07-19 at the...
September 14, 1877 – January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian-Finnish-American sleddog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in...
working sleddog, developed specifically for its performance as such. Alaskan huskies are the most commonly used type of dog for competitive sleddog racing...
The Greenland Dog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sleddog. They were brought from...
The Kamchatka SledDog (Russian: Камчатская ездовая собака, lit. 'Kamchatka riding dog') is a rare landrace of sled laika developed by the Itelmen and...
by Captain Scott. Dogsleds were used by most others, such as Roald Amundsen. In the Philippines, a traditional carabao-drawn sled is known as the kangga...
transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dogsled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in...
Seavey (born March 4, 1987) is an American dog musher, and is the only musher to win the Iditarod Trail SledDog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska six...
Military working dog trained in combat, or used scouts, sentries, messengers, mercy dogs, and trackers Search and rescue dogSleddog Working dogs are...
were selectively bred as either sled dogs or as hunting dogs, which implies that a sleddog standard and a hunting dog standard existed at that time. The...
Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International SledDog Race, is a sleddog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska...
freighting dog in the 19th century, and the Alaskan husky, bred specifically for sleddog racing. In the 1980s, a rise in Nordic-style sled racing in Scandinavia...
a different perspective on dog-sledding and dogs in general. "Sled Dogs" explores the lesser-known aspects of the sleddog industry, shedding light on...
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