12 to 16 dogs
For going off the track or losing too many dogs.
A musher can have a maximum of 15 dogs to start the Iditarod race. He must have a least 5 dogs in the harness at the end to officially finish. Dogs can be dropped for many reason such as injury, illness, and attitude issue.
A contestant in the Iditarod usually has 12-16 dogs on their sled team at the beginning of the race. If less than 6 dogs are pulling the sled when they cross the finish line, the team will be disqualified.
15
As many as they want. But usually only 8 of them will be working and the rest can do whatever.
5
Kjetil Backen is a musher from Norway. He has raced in the Iditarod many times too.
Eight booties per dog.
how many teams usually compete in the iditarod
hopefully as many as he started with
6
16