WETMORE, Mich. (WJMN) – Mushing can start at any age. Elizabeth Beaverson started at the age of 7 when she was introduced to the sport by a family friend who is also a musher. “You know, I never ...

The Heartland Mushers Association Inc. is partnering with Elkhart County Parks to offer a dog mushing crash course. The two-hour session is designed for dog owners and outdoor enthusiasts interested ...

MEXICO CITY – The classic musher, a person who races sleds pulled by dogs, trains in a winter wonderland – think Alaska, Norway or Canada. But when Mexican Raul Esquivel needed to tame his new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2018 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) mascot rides with an Alaska athlete. The 2018 games was the last time dog mushing was an AWG ...

Listen up, all you wandering-eyed, easily excitable pooches. Mushing Boot Camp is in session. This ain't some kind of namby-pamby, puppy cocktail party. Save that rear-end sniffing for the dog park.

Doug Butler embraces one of his dogs, Dylan, a member of his sprint mushing team, at Butler's family farm in Middlebury, Vermont. (Tommy Hyde/Mosaic Films) The new movie "Underdog" tells the story of ...

Alaska is known for its dog mushing, a winter pastime that usually requires snow, whether for competition, recreation, or tourism. In the summertime, some mushers run their dogs using wheeled dog ...

What happened to dog mushing in Bristol Bay? Just five dog teams ran in this year's Beaver Round Up sprint races in Dillingham. Some 10 to 15 years ago, there were three times that many, according to ...

Fairbanks-area musher Emily Robinson, 17, was practically born into the lifestyle. She first climbed into a sled at four years old. Now she regularly beats adult competitors, including former Iditarod ...

Last year, the youngest musher ever to win Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said his 25-year-old stamina gave him the advantage to get his dogs to the finish line first. Just one year later, ...