- They can travel at speeds up to 20 miles per hour
- They always crave exercise they love running and being active in general
- They’re credited with helping to open Alaska up for settlement and development by performing tasks like carrying mail and transporting supplies.
- During the Gold Rush, these dogs were in extremely high demand as hopeful prospectors used them to haul massive amounts of food and supplies over mountain passes
- A lot of features help keep them warm.having a thick double coat their undercoat is short and warm and over coat is long and water ressistant
- In 1925, the children of Nome came down with the widely feared disease called diphtheria. The closest anti-toxin was 1000 miles away in a hospital in Anchorage and sled dogs where bale to go get medicine and saved lives
- They’re not great watchdogs.
- You need to watch them closely when they are pupps they are known as escape artist and can dig under fences and getting out of leashes
- This breed, as it is unfortunately case with all other polar breeds lately, is prone to canine diabetes. It often occurs in the middle of their lives, when they are 6 or 7 years old. There is no certain evidence what’s the cause, but it is thought that the occurrence of this disease is in connection with dietary and environmental factors.
- These are a unique breed they are highly intelligent and easily trained
- Sled dogs eat a lot they are required to tasty fueled they are required to have around 1,700 calories a day and sled dogs can consume about 10,000 calories.
- Because of the need for an enclosed exercise yard, this breed is not well-suited to apartment living