booties are boots for a sled dogs
Eight booties per dog.
Booties are required equipment for the Iditarod race in order to protect the dog's feet. A musher must have eight booties per dog.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was created in 1973.
The Alaskan sled dog is very tough. It has a thick coat, and is a well built, well muscled dog that can run all day. During the Iditarod they may wear a jacket and booties to keep the paws from being cut. But they were bred for this work.
The major things that a musher needs in the Iditarod race is an axe, vet's log, a winter parka (a must), dog food (a must), a dog food cooker (a must), sleeping bag (a must), extra booties (a must), human clothes (a must), human food (a must), matches/lighter (a must), and a multitool/knife.
The Iditarod dog sled race starts in Willow, Alaska.
Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ends at Nome.
The Iditarod dogsled race begins and ends in Alaska USA
Alaskan dog sled race
Dorothy Page is known as the "mother of the Iditarod trail sled dog race."
peple sponsor the iditarod dog sled race to see if the dog wins they will win the bet and the money they placed on the dog.
The dog race commemorates the trip Balto took.