In dog mushing the term "wheel dog" refers to the dog or pair of dogs harnessed closest to the sled. The wheel dog(s) take the greatest load in shifting the direction of a sled from one course to another. Typically, dogs used in this position are generally stronger than their team mates and are called upon to do the "heavy lifting" in difficult conditions. In a standard tandem style dog team, the dog at the front is the leader. The two dogs directly behind the leader are the swing dogs. The wheel dogs are the last dogs in the team. Any dogs harnessed between the wheel dogs and swing dogs are referred to as team dogs.
All the dogs in a sled dog team has a very important job. There is no greater value spot. If you are the lead dog, your just as important as the swing dog. Now, the swing dog is directly behind the lead dog(s). Their job is to help the lead dogs. They help by passing down the correct direction to turn, or they can also be the replacement lead dogs. What I mean by replacement lead dogs is that if the lead dogs were to get distracted, the swing dogs would tell everyone where to go, like the lead dogs would, they would also snap the lead dogs back into place. I hope this answers your question!
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was created in 1973.
Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ends at Nome.
Dorothy Page is known as the "mother of the Iditarod trail sled dog race."
The Iditarod dog sled race starts in Willow, Alaska.
Alaskan dog sled race
A tired or injured dog carried in the sled
the first jr. iditarod sled dog race was in 1978
The Iditarod dogsled race begins and ends in Alaska USA
The dog sled race name, Iditarod, means '' clear water''
First iditarod was made to deliver mails on the sled which is pulled by the dog.Now they use it for sled dog race
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The Iditarod Dog Sled Race.