Dog Sledding with Alaskan Malamutes

[gus13kk]

Hello to everyone!! if i wanna start the dog sledding how many money will be need...

[etsakea1]

LOL at 1:33, Titus looks around as if to say "u OK back there? cute

[stuG1958]

alsolutely stunning I've only done it with Akitas in the snow but what a experience thx for stunning video

[PearxDrops]

@HarislsMvp It can... If you're going to give dog sledding tours in Alaska, Canada, Finland etc. However, if you were willing to put a bit of entrepreunerialism into it, and you don't live somewhere snowy, you could make use of dog rigs etc and make a career out of that. Or become a trainer for peoples family malamutes/huskies and train them to pull rigs and scooters etc.

[HarisIsMvp]

can dog sledding be any kind of career? someone tell me because i may now know what i want to do in life.. thank you

[XxTheNewWarriorxX]

cool!

[MrReeg16]

its beutifull two rivers, alaska yust like i picture heaven when i retire this is were im going 2 raise alaskan malamutes & blue eyes siberian husky

[rickysrejects]

one time we snow in north geogia we put ah leash on our bird dog duke and strung it to a plastic saucer he pulled bessie lou clear around to the back of the house

[CanadianBallas]

waaaoooow awesome

[lovemydogs1953]

Great Video!!! It has been my dream for years now to live in Alaska and have my own Dog sled team. Does it come natural for Malamutes?

[Skie123Vamp]

You have very beautiful dogs! Thanks for posting the video, I am going to Alaska when I get older and getting a dogsled team of huskies or malamutes and be a musher. Haha, you haven't seen the last of me! My dream is to be in the Yukon Quest some day, I hope my future dogs are as good as yours. :)

[yungota]

Beautiful!! what methods do you use to train them to stop and go?

[Betu254]

How far are you from Anchorage? I hope to travel there May 2012. Can't wait to sled.

[ArcticExpeditions]

@Betu254 -- Two Rivers is just a few miles outside of Fairbanks, so we're several hundred miles from Anchorage. Hope you enjoy your trip up here next spring. May is a great time to visit Alaska.

[HusbandnWifeDuo]

This is so good to see Malamutes pulling and over such a beautiful landscape. Why have you preferred them over Huskies or the Canadian Eskimo Dogs? Any particular reason? Of course, I, being a Canadian, had to mention the last breed :-)

[rapid287]

What about using reindeers?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Thanks for the compliments. We start training them when they are about 1 1/2 - 2 years old. Thanks again!!

[GraceyAli]

Love this video, beautiful! Love it when you were going through the woods with the snow covered trees. Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing! When do you start training them to pull?

[The02polaris]

this is just one of the vey things i want to do when im older

[KingScar06]

Gotta love how your wheeler checks on you whenever you're slowing down due to slopes.

[kasperjocker]

beautiful...

[kiwimac1]

you are using a weight pull harness.......is this correct?..but then again you do have a couple of tractor units at the rear! .....lol........it may be slower but always follow the snowplough....hike on .

[michaeld1357]

why do the dogs have different harnesses on?

[ArcticExpeditions]

@michaeld1357

We use different harnesses depending on the age of the dog, their position in the team, their size, and their experience level. 

[lglilja]

Beautiful video....it's so great to see these dogs. I had to put down my 12 yr old mal last year. I miss you Thor the wonderdog.

[oceandojo]

That was really fun and enjoyable. Your dogs are great. Thank you for posting.

[PINKluvr01]

do u tell them mush to go

[ArcticExpeditions]

@PINKluvr01

We use "OK" as the "go" command.

[Michelen7]

Wow...beautiful dogs & lovely scenery!! Thankyou for sharing:)

[OntarioUrbanMusher]

said it one maybe even twice now a 3rd time hands down the best dogsled movie on youtube

[haarstad88]

do you use gee and hawk?

[ArcticExpeditions]

@haarstad88

We use

"Gee" for right and "Haw" for left.

[haarstad88]

lol of course Haw my mistake:P

[jfinlayson]

I enjoyed the choice in music on this video, but didn't see it in the credits. May I ask?

[ArcticExpeditions]

@jfinlayson

Hey there. The music is from an album called Bass Jams. The song is "For the Honor of My Dad" by Bill Evans.

[LucySanders53]

I love your videos! How I wish I lived in Alaska - maybe we'll get to visit someday and ride with your team. You surely live in God's country!

[OneCarolinaGirl]

We went to Alaska a few years ago and while we have traveled over a lot of the world, Alaska and New Zealand and Japan are my favorite places.  That's pretty tough competition and Alaska hangs tough. The place is so clean and the people so absolutely wonderful (that was before Sarah and Levi ;-) I am ready to go again.

[zachskrit]

OMG thank god I don't live in alaska!!!!!!!

[Wolffheartt]

how long does the snow fall last, and when does it start? thanks ^-^

[ArcticExpeditions]

Usually in the Two Rivers area here in the interior of Alaska, we start accumulating snow in mid- to late October and it's typically gone by mid May.

[Wolffheartt]

Cool. Are dog sled races held there every year?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Yes, there are a lot of races here in Alaska, but we don't race. Malamutes aren't fast, but they like to pull a lot of weight, so we use them for freighting and remote expeditions in the Arctic. On the expeditions, Joe uses a team of 22-24 malamutes and they pull three sleds as one big team and on average, they haul a good 3000-4000 lbs. They go out there for several months every witner and explore the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

[Wolffheartt]

oh okay, what dogs are good for racing?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Seems like racers use hound/husky mixed breed dogs.

[Wolffheartt]

thank you ^-^

[warrenmcurrier]

It seems Tikka really watches out for you.

Wow!1 What a great show. Thanks for making and sharing.

[blusunshine777]

Kewl!

[TreeTrappin]

I think it is amazing in the differnce of dog sledding. If you look at dogs that are used for freight, they are like 70-80 pounds each and have amazing endurance. They race dogs barley weigh anything at all. Our neighbors dogs are like 40 pounds and they just run amazingly fast.

[GravityUpsideDown]

how do you teach them to do that?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Pulling the sleds comes pretty naturally to malamutes, but teaching them the commands to stop and go takes a lot of time, patience, and persistence.

[lolfoob]

is this how people really get around in Alaska?!?!?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Hahaha! Yeah, sometimes!

[karrar55]

man i love the outdoors!! probably the only thing i would love to do in the winter!!! sled dogs are awosome!!! can they live in michigan or warm places?

[ArcticExpeditions]

Dog sledding is a lot of fun. I think there are quite a few malamute teams in Michigan that are involved in an organization called Great Lakes Sled Dog Association. There are malamute kennels all over the lower 48 states, including Tennessee, so they do adapt well to warmer climates.

[OntarioUrbanMusher]

im in ontario and my guy handles fine just keep em well watered and keep em inside when its hot out and he'll thank you for it (even tho the wagging of a tail creates a Fur storm)

[BigFishingShop]

Thank you.

[infedal]

wow awesome videos i subscribed i love the malamute breed so much and to see em do what they do best was a treat i love how when you went over hills they always looked back to see if you were all good:P have fun sledding

[sharlene123charlie]

I think mine are great i love riding in snow be cause there are no distracting animals

[TedH71]

I've been doing real research on Alaska. Would love to move there but my job is specialized. I am about to graduate with a Machining Technology and took some carpentry classes as a minor. I used to hunt hogs with dogs but since hunting regulations are much different here..had to give that up. Now I am considering weight pulling and sledding..how do you teach a single dog to pull?

[darkflameboy6]

wats a good name for a sled dog?

[karrar55]

diesel like in the moving(snow dog)

[dillonorbon]

Our white sibe is Raiden

[yanndick]

I'd love to make a trip like this in the wilderness, someday...

Very nice video !

[straynekokami720]

I would like to do that, but im not living in that kind of places (i live in mexico)... i wish i could live there, thanks for this, i'm gonna train my dogs as well as you do :D

[minnesotamalamutes]

Wow, how beautiful, all the snow covering each branch.

[jpamusher]

That is one beautiful video! I felt as if I were along for the ride!

[crazyoval]

I am reading Guy Grieve's Call Of THe Wild at the moment, it must be exactly like this video. Thanks for this, its a lovely few minutes, so peaceful!

[alaskanmal63]

Love your dogs, very beautiful.. I love Malamutes... How far can they go on a trip?

[ArcticExpeditions]

On our arctic expeditions, they usually travel about 25-30 miles a day for 3 to 5 months straight. They're tough and they definitely love to pull!

[brendarh70]

This is the best mushing video I've seen on YouTube! Farmer is beautiful.

[sun2star2u]

Incredible! That is my life dream- to go mushing with real malumutes. I live in Hawaii. Do you think I'd get acclimate to the weather up there? I'd love to see more of your videos. Thanks for sharing...

[Georgia4God]

I think if you really want to do something that you'll tolerate the weather. It can be cold, but I'm sure you get used to it. I live in the plains of ND, and it can be -40 one day and 20 above the next, so I don't think Alaska would be a lot worse, just maybe colder and not as extreme. Good luck with your dreams! And don't move up there at the end of summer. It will be a lot easier to get used to if you go just as winter is ending. :)