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 ...

During the summer in Alaska, tourists can find a wintery dog mushing experience on the Norris Glacier near Juneau. A dog sledding camp there helps mushers maintain a steady income during the ...

KOYUKUK, Alaska (AP) — The whole village of Koyukuk was abuzz with excitement as team after team of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pulled through the community, but perhaps none were more excited ...

Rufio is 9, Rinoa and Gizmo are 8, Cowboy is 6, Tails is 5 and Maya is 2 1/2. Christian and Ashley Casillan have a team of huskies, but they live in Long Beach, not Alaska. What’s a family of huskies ...

Aaron Burmeister and his nine dogs race into Unalakleet in third place at 10:04 a.m. Sunday, March, 13, 2022. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Just before midnight on March 15, Aaron Burmeister was ...

Racers and their dogs from around the world hit Wisconsin's trails for a fast, snowless take on traditional sled dog racing. Katie Thoresen from member station WXPR reports. A musher drives a team of ...

Derek "DJ" Starr start the 2021 Yukon Quest 300 mile race outside of Fairbanks, Alaska in Feb. 2021 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) One of the mushers behind Fantasy Mushing has never stepped foot — ...

In an announcement Tuesday, the Iditarod Trail Committee said it had selected musher Dan Carter for the role. Carter ...

Looking to try something new this winter? You might want to take a trip up to the North Country and check out the sled dogs at Cupcake Mushing. Dog sledding has been around for more than four thousand ...

Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race starts the first week of March. B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music, is not entered, but there is a website called Fantasy Mushing, where you get a ...

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 ...

NEAR TOGO, MINN. – There is no Little League in mushing. Public school districts don't sanction it as an extracurricular activity. Most teammates aren't human. During races, girls and boys compete ...