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What kinds of dogs are used for the Iditarod race?

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What kinds of dogs are used for the Iditarod?

Huskies


What equipment is used in the Iditarod race?

The thing that is worn by horses and Iditarod dogs is called a harness.


What vehicle is used in the Iditarod race?

Dogsled


What type of dogs are used in an iditarod race?

Pretty well any working-type dog of almost any breed, from German Shepherds to Huskies or pointers or setters to even collies. In Inuit (or is it Eskimo?) the term "husky" refers to any dog that lives in an eskimo (or inuit) village and is used for sledding. So long as they can pull a sled and keep up with the rest of the dogs in an Iditarod race, they're going to be used as sled dogs.


What types of dogs are generally used in the Iditarod?

Siberian Huskies


What are Gary Paulsen's hobbies?

He used to race in the Iditarod. He writes books.


Can Alaskan Malamutes run the Iditarod?

Generally no, Alaskan Malamutes are rarely, if ever, used in the Iditarod. This is because Iditarod racers breed their own variety of crossbred dogs that perform better in the endurance-testing race. Purebred Alaskan Malamutes are too heavy and prone to inherited illness to be used, although theoretically they could be used. The more experienced racers use a mixture of Labrador, Lurcher and Husky dogs to pull their sleds.


What does Haiditarod mean?

It's iditarodan important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod TrailFamiliarity information: IDITAROD used as a noun is very rare.


How old are the dogs that are used in the iditarod?

Dogs can be as young as one year and as old as 12. Generally they range from 2 -7 or 8 years of age. After retiring from racing many Iditarod dogs continue doing training runs as "teachers" for the younger dogs.


What breed of dogs are snow dogs?

They are Husky 's if you mean the ones in the Iditarod in Alaska.There are also Malamutes. And Samoyeds used as sled dogs.


What breed of dog is widely used in the iditarod race?

Alaskan Huskys, Malamutes,siberian Huskys


What is a gang line used for in the Iditarod?

The "gang line" is the multi-dog leash which conects the dogs together and to the sled.