http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/famous-cool-dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385 To honor our dogs for what they do for us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/famous-cool-dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-11039 Marra Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:06:39 +0000 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-11039 BALTO AND TOGO IS COOL BALTO AND TOGO IS COOL

]]> http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/famous-cool-dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-1434 Carlotta Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:09:20 +0000 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-1434 For more information about the actual Iditarod race, as it's run today, please visit the race web site: http://www.iditarod.com/. There is a wealth of information there about the sled dogs, mushers, racing conditions and history of the race. Dogs are vet checked at multiple stops along the way. Sled dogs have been bred for mushing for centuries. They are raised and trained from birth under the conditions that they will be facing in the race. The web site offers many perspectives on the race, including a teacher's section with "Zuma's Paw Prints." Zuma is the K-9 reporter who provides information year-round on preparation for the Iditarod and gives her perspective during the race. I think it's safe to say that the people who raise and train the sled dogs, and live with them their entire lives, feel a bond with their dogs and would not intentionally submit them to an endurance race if they were unfit. There could be an anomaly or an accident, but I don't assume that the race is cruel, any more than an endurance race for horses or humans is cruel. For more information about the actual Iditarod race, as it's run today, please visit the race web site: http://www.iditarod.com/. There is a wealth of information there about the sled dogs, mushers, racing conditions and history of the race. Dogs are vet checked at multiple stops along the way. Sled dogs have been bred for mushing for centuries. They are raised and trained from birth under the conditions that they will be facing in the race. The web site offers many perspectives on the race, including a teacher's section with "Zuma's Paw Prints." Zuma is the K-9 reporter who provides information year-round on preparation for the Iditarod and gives her perspective during the race. I think it's safe to say that the people who raise and train the sled dogs, and live with them their entire lives, feel a bond with their dogs and would not intentionally submit them to an endurance race if they were unfit. There could be an anomaly or an accident, but I don't assume that the race is cruel, any more than an endurance race for horses or humans is cruel.

]]> http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/famous-cool-dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-1391 Margery Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:16:54 +0000 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/famous-dogs-togo-and-balto/385#comment-1391 Did you know that the Iditarod is terribly cruel to dogs? For the facts, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website, http://www.helpsleddogs.org Did you know that the Iditarod is terribly cruel to dogs? For the facts, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website, http://www.helpsleddogs.org

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