sled dog
a dog trained to pull a sled, usually working in a team.
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Even snowmobiles here can fall victim to temperatures that drop well below zero, but sled dogs are ready to run no matter the conditions, and so park rangers have their own teams to help them patrol the backcountry.
Our sled dogs seem to think that the value of toys lies not in using them but acquiring them, and so I’ve long sought out toys that our dogs will not just hoard—and plot to steal from each other—but actually engage with.
Since Gates of the Arctic is surrounded by miles of federal land, you’ll likely be taking a bush plane out of Fairbanks to get there, and this rural homestead full of working sled dogs is a great base camp before a big trip above the Arctic Circle.
With his sled dogs, he entered the Iditarod, Alaska’s grueling 1,100-mile race, three times and completed it once.
Gary Paulsen tells his own survival story in ‘Gone to the Woods’ | Mary Quattlebaum | January 5, 2021 | Washington PostA transplant from Pennsylvania, Fansler was a Bethel attorney who had served on the City Council and as manager for a popular local sled dog race, the Kuskokwim 300, before his election to the Legislature.
Alaska’s “Him Too” Moment: When Politicians and Allies Come With Accusations of Their Own | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News and Greg Kim, KYUK | October 23, 2020 | ProPublica
She used to have a business here as a sled-dog trainer, but she closed it down after her son was taken captive.
I don't know who did train him, if anybody ever did; but as a leadin' sled-dog he's got all the Yukon whipped to a standstill.
Jan | A. J. DawsonToward the last of October when the snow began to make deep, Fleur's education as a sled-dog began.
The Whelps of the Wolf | George MarshNot only was she the cause of it all, but she possessed the finest sled-dog from Chilkoot to Bering Sea.
The God of His Fathers | Jack LondonWhen a sled dog is silent and refuses to fight with his neighbor, his spirit is very low.
My Attainment of the Pole | Frederick A. CookHaving gorged themselves on fish, they burrowed into the snow and slept the sleep of the faithful sled dog.
The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three | Dexter J. Forrester
British Dictionary definitions for sled dog
any of various hardy thick-coated breeds of dog, such as the Eskimo dog, the husky, and the malamute, developed for hauling sledges in various parts of the highest northern latitudes
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