Table of Contents A Dogsled Ride The Working Group Working Dogs at Work Working Dogs as Pets Doberman Pinscher Saint Bernard Samoyed Rottweiler Glossary To Learn More Index 4 6 14 18 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
a Dogsled Ride MUSHER DOGSLED A thick layer of snow covers the ground at the edge of a forest Six Siberian huskies jump around their musher or driver in excitement The musher places harnesses on the dogs and climbs onto the back of the dogsled Everyone is ready Mush
SIBERIAN HUSKY SNOW HEROES In the winter of 1925 a deadly disease called diphtheria struck many people in Nome Alaska Twenty teams of sled dogs crossed 674 miles 1,085 kilometers to bring medicine to the town The dogs speed through the forest as the musher calls directions Long ago dogs pulled sleds to move people and goods across snowy land Today the musher and his Siberian huskies are riding for fun
