I love dogs and I love travel...so when I can incorporate dogs into my travel experience, it’s a perfect puppertunity. Just outside Whitehorse is a place called Muktuk Adventures. In addition to an “off-the-grid” guest ranch/B&B (which would probably be a little too rugged for Ben -- actually, I think a Comfort Inn would be…
Continue reading: Dog “Sledding” With Muktuk Adventures, Whitehorse
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Interesting activity. I am dead-scared of dogs and avoid all possible to go near them. Great to read something like this though.
‚Puppertunity‘!
Andrew is back!
What a lovely uplifting post! The more I read about this Whitehorse trip the more I want to visit the place.
Last January I got to go dog sledding in Svalbard, -20C, snowing, and pitch black in mid-day. We didn't have the flashy ATV, but an old school wooden sled, which in the deep snow was very hard to drive. Definitely an experience of a lifetime!
I took a helicopter to the top of a glacier and did this on snow, instead of in the mud. Like economy versus first.
I first went to Muktuk about 20 years ago....I went back and started my own kennel. All my lines are from MukTuk. Jeff and Manuella are amazing people and before them, Frank Turner and his wife Anne were exemplary dog people. Frank is considered one of the best dog whisperers in the world and one of the best outdoor wilderness experts. In fact, Frank and I just spent 3 weeks together helping us move our dogs. It is a wonderful sport, and yes, the dogs love it. You can't make a dog run....if they don't want to, they just quit. Anyway, glad that you did it. Go back in the winter sometime, and take a run on the Takini and watch the northern lights overhead. If you are really lucky, you can hear the wolves howl in the hills. Whitehorse is an amazing little town, and the people who live there are some of the best people in the world. The Yukon Quest is an international dog race that is roughly 1,000 miles long. This year it starts in Whitehorse...ends in Fairbanks. If anyone wants a true wilderness/outside adventure.....go for it. You will be changed forever.
I hope the dogs are truly happy and excited. Otherwise PETA will protest this type of activity...
@ Anon
From my experience dog sledding in Manitoba, the dogs go absolutely delirious with excitement over the chance to pull a sled. I don't quite understand why, but even I as a non dog person can see the obvious excitement and enthusiasm they had over going for a run.
Personally, I wish I had half as much enthusiasm about exercising.
Wait, just for clarification, did the dogs get water on the trip? I worked as a musher in the arctic and we stopped frequently to give the dogs water during summer, as in every 20 min or less.