Is this cheating?
Butterscotch trains on a treadmill - you put a harness on a sled dog and he will run ANYWHERE!
The last two days were spent looking into the possibilities of training our dogs on a treadmill. This, of course, is not instead of mushing a team of huskys across the frozen lands of Alaska! But, it might supplement our current training methods. Better yet - we can learn about individual dog physiology in relation to their performance.
As I monitored these canine athletes: their heartbeats and oxygen consumption - all I could picture was Lance Armstrong biking in a wind tunnel to train for the Tour de France.
Allen and Dr. Mike Davis pose with the athletes as the take a break
Stormy & Spot (front) Ranger & Beemer (back)
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