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A Malamute is a very solidly built dog designed for power. They are not as fast as other northern breeds but they are one of the strongest. Through out the cold winters we work our dogs this meaning we train and competitively race our dogs in sled dog racing and the dogs thoroughly enjoy participating in activities that they were originally bred to do. It is one of our greatest pleasures to work our malamutes in harness, it is a wonderful experience to watch your dog pulling you through the forest, and always with happy smiles on their faces every time. Unfortunately we do not get much snow in this country to use a sled so the dogs are worked on a 3 wheeled 'rig'. Working your malamute is a good fun day out and you get to meet up with some friendly faces!
we work to maintain the dogs naturally instincts and interests for what they originally were breed for and to keep the dogs in a physical good condition/shape.We enter rallies all over the country even as far as Aviemore for the biggest event in Britain. When we are not at rallies we are over at the forest training them with our friends.
Alaskan Malamutes also
enjoy jogging. Hiking, with a dog back-pack is great fun. One
can also bike with a dog, with a nifty device known as a
"Springer."
working your malamute is rewarding and enjoyable !
photo's by Petter Jolly
It is not so often that we have the possibility to sledge in the UK , but this year (January 07 in Aviemore) we actually had a couple of days with enough snow ,and we do not miss a change like that ! Neil and the girls loved working in the snow.
We are members of
The Siberian Husky Club Of Great Britain
The Alaskan Malamute Working Association
BSHRA
ABSA
TheWorld Famous Arden Grange & Siberian Husky Club of GB Aviemore Sled Dog Rally 2009
Every year, mushers from throughout the UK gather in the forests around Aviemore for the biggest event in the British husky calendar - always hoping for plenty of the white stuff to make it a real arctic experience.
Sled dog enthusiasts continue a racing tradition, which is now almost a century old. Around 200 teams of dogs from all over the country will be straining at the leash on January 24 and 25. With competitors ranging in age from just eight to 60, there's something for all the family to see at this great spectator event, which has grown from just a dozen teams in 1984, to more than 200 in recent year's race.
Organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain the rally is run on tracks around Loch Morlich in the shadow of the Cairngorms. The event is the biggest gathering of its kind in the UK for dogs, which were first bred to pull sleds in Arctic conditions hundreds of years ago. The rally features teams of between two and eight dogs running at up to 20 miles an hour over a gruelling, four-mile track. Along with the Siberian huskies, rally dogs include Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, Greenland Dogs and Canadian Eskimo Dogs. And, even if there's no snow at ground level for the event, the races will still go on with mushers using a three-wheeled rig that looks like a bike without a seat. Sled dogs come from as far as the Isle of Wight and Devon for one of the most challenging and prestigious of the British Siberian Husky Club's series of rallies.
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