Sled Dog Training [ Top ]
Introduction & Basics
Arleigh Jorgensen, well known musher,
introduces his training
philosophy that emphasizes nurturing a dog's
instincts. He also
· tells a
story of training a young lead dog named Mohawk how to take charge of making
decisions, but also listen to the musher, and
· describes
how to work with high-strung sled dogs and use a quiet voice and calming approach
to dog handling
Art Stoller's 20 Tips: for successful sled dog racing, with training
ideas
Basics of Sled Dog Racing from
ISDRA and Training of
sled dogs begins with puppies learning harness and teamwork is fun
Conditioning & Training Sled
Dogs: physical and mental conditioning, year-round canine education, fall and winter
training, training tips,
from Mush with P.R.I.D.E.
Fall Training Checklist:
preparing the dogs, equipment, dog truck, training trail - and the musher
Getting
Started in Amateur Sled Dog Racing: choosing dogs, equipment, then training the dogs
to love harness work, by Lonnie Olson
Meet a Musher: explore almost 40
interviews with many highly successful sled dog racers, with advice on sled dogs,
including these:
· Egil
Ellis - training/racing open class sprint racing
· Libby Riddles - training/racing the Iditarod
· Ann & Al Stead -
training/racing Siberian Huskies
· Ed Streeper -
training/racing open class sprint racing
· Frank
Turner - training/racing the Yukon Quest
· Allie
Zirkle - training/racing the Yukon Quest
Training Sled
Dog Puppies: Joe Runyan discusses the annual miracle
Train Your Sled Dogs - Don't Just Run
Them: choose specific training objectives each time you hitch up a team, Robin Gaspard
says
Training for Specific
Skills & Situations [ Top ]
Basic Pace Training for a Sled Dog
Team: Part 1 of Rick Petura's interview with racer/author Jim Welch, plus:
· Determining
a Sled Dog's Capabilities Interview - Part 2
· Insights
on Team Size & Distance & Speed Interview - Part 3
Clicker Training for Sled Dogs
Dog Psychology &
Training: a key job of a sled dog trainer is keeping team attitudes positive
Peak Training for Sled Dogs
by Jim Gallea, with chart describing each phase of training and conditioning: build
strength, build speed, build endurance, peak training, maintain fitness
Teaching Commands to Sled Dogs
Training Sled Dog Leaders
Training
Sled Dogs to Pass Other Teams: insights from the late Roland "Doc" Lombard,
one of racing's greats
Training
Sled Dogs to Pull and more on Training
for Pulling
Training for Junior Mushers:
training commands, preparing dogs for travel to sled dog races, much more
Training for Long-Distance Sled Dog
Races: Karen Ramstead discusses training for the Iditarod, and more on Iditarod Training by Jim Gallea
Training Logs & Data [ Top ]
Training Miles for the
Iditarod: from Karen Ramstead, Canada
Training Log:
Running Swift Kennel, Alaska
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