Urban Mushing

[SimpleCrazyBOCs]

amazing

[UtterPWN]

My teacher said she does this and I thought she made it up!

[10huskys]

is it safe in alabama?

[swordwhale1]

Having tried a bike, a rig and a sled, and inflicted a snowboard and rollerblades on friends' kids, I have to say the scooter gets my vote for easy, accessible, and safe. (Though a good rig is great, but harder to transport). Any dog doing this needs training, of course... easy enough to do with some leash work (walking ahead of you, learning the commands). More people should be excercising themselves and their dogs like this!

[knightace2002]

@swordwhale1 i agree but this kind of thing is easy on anything but huskies get my vote for best pullers they were built for running and it's great they accept these dogs too

[CanadianAnimalLuver]

I don;t think anyone in this video was wearing their helmet remotely properly. If they had fallen it wouldn't have done squat! LOL

[b4igetu]

@CanadianAnimalLuver haha no kidding especially the old lady. I know people think wearing a helmet isn't cool but you like even more of a dope when it is only sitting on the back of your skull.

[sonicmoles1]

try the best scooter on the market tufftrail.co.uk

[MrOisean]

how fun! I love the comment regarding know your breed and honor what they are meant to do "run". We just started trying this out without the bungee attachment and so far so good. Great marketing for responsible husky ownership. Thank you.

[badATchaos]

blah.... skijoring is better

[runningforit9]

I agree, though, that this isn't anyrhing new, but it's a fun fact.

But what really annoys me, is the woman talking about just hitching the dogs up to something and letting them run. Sure, that will work for a couple of dogs pulling a bicycle, but anything bigger than that, and a team of dogs, takes a lot of training.

[ironsav]

That report was probably made my someone with too much time on their hands. And some of the interviewees sounded like they didn't know what they were saying. I went to a camp event and they had a "drag race" where the dogs were run a couple of yards and it was on grass. Running on dirt roads isn't new. They do it in Alaska and other regions on off-season weather.

[speier]

since when are dirt trails "urban" ?

i wanna see the dogs pull them over some stairsets !!!

i wanna see the dogs pull them off some huge gaps !!!

DOGNOSE TO KEOSPIN 540!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krems81]

awesome

[teamloxley]

Its not really Urban. Its dryland mushing. Its nice to see people doing dryland mushing though.

[lacorue]

Considering it takes place in a metropolitan area with more than 3 million residents, it might qualify as "urban".

[tarantarans]

@teamloxley It's called urban because it's not in the Alaskan wilderness. It's called urban because these places are within city limits (eg. San Diego).There are tons of places in San Diego, even local parks like Lake Murray, where mushing groups go race/practice.

[wwwTakoda]

Hi, fab video! I love huskies

[lilmunch64]

k so do only huskies do this or can labs?!

[HammandClov]

All dogs can pull but it really depends on whether or not the dogs is willing to do it. I saw an American Bulldog pulling over 500lbs and ABs are Mastiff, not in the Working group so as long as the dogs are conditioned to pull and want to in a safe area (away from cars) then it's okay.

[HammandClov]

Bu I'd definitely use a dog that has some size though.

[bffslastforever]

only Northern Bred dogs can compete though.

[bffslastforever]

in the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest i mean.

[hutsod]

Wrong. From 1988 through 1991, a team of Standard Poodles competed in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; there were also teams of Foxhounds and Staghounds.

[runningforit9]

That is correct, but today it is only allowed to use northern breeds.

The ban was passed in the early 90's, probably to stop John Suter from racing his poodles (;

[persebra]

@runningforit9

oh my goodness, i didnt know POODLES had run the iditorod and other long sled races! there is something about that i find very amusing. i have seen some black poodles who are very large now that i think of it...lol.

[edendogsledding]

This is great! It is so wonderful that people are getting involved with their dogs - enhancing the quality of life of both the humans and the dogs. At Eden Dog Sledding we hitch up to twelve Alaskan Huskies at a time to take friends and guests on adventures in the non-snow months and encourage people to go home and get involved with their pets. Our pets deserve a good rich life! Thanks again!

[Cezie2006]

Great video