when you're on the sled and you're going
and it's just quiet and you can just
hear the dogs running and like the
little clutter
of the buckles and the clicks i think
that's the most peaceful thing for me
my name is shayna hammond i'm 14. i've
probably been racing for about two years
i like to run the dogs because it's my
escape from the world
it gives me my two three four hours at a
time where
i can literally forget all of it
everything you know i don't take a cell
phone i don't check email
doesn't matter what's going on anywhere
else
generally i like the dogs better than i
like most people
the rodeo run is a two day dog sled race
each team will race two days in a row on
the same trail
we'll take time each day and add those
times together and the total time will
determine the winner fastest time wins
you gonna run good for sheena
it's an awesome thing the dogs are doing
what they were bred to do
they love to run and people that say oh
that's not nice you let your dogs pull
and run all you have to show them a
harness they just go nuts they're so
excited to run they love it
they have to have this great desire to
travel
they have to have
great appetites they have to have tough
feet
when most people think of sled dog they
think of the pretty fluffy ones with the
blue eyes and the pointed ears we
actually run what they call alaskan
huskies they have been bred with
greyhounds and salukis and german
short-haired pointers and irish setters
anything you can think of to make that
husky just a little bit faster
we kind of like doing short fast races
finishing with the dogs on a warm truck
or even in the house our dogs all sleep
in the house with us and uh
all 15 of them and i i just i kind of
like that nothing against iditarod or
the distance races but
these short races
i just really love them
huskies are mischievous they're
troublemakers they're high energy
they're smart
i've met some that are people in dog's
clothes
huskies just have something about them
they have a brain and you can talk to
them
they're not just pets
they're working dogs and any dog that
gets to do what it's been bred to do
it's a pleasure to watch
that's part of what it is with huskies
they it's normal for them to howl after
dinner um
it's normal for them to have first thing
in the morning and right before they go
to bed but as to why they chose that
moment you go ask them
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