The team of small sled dogs came in third, surprising everyone and paving the way for the breed to steal the hearts of Americans. The Siberian Husky Club of America says these dogs love agility ...

The team further found Balto had an adaptation that helps digest starch—a trait that is not found in wolves but is relatively common in modern dog breeds. Although sled dogs’ traditional diet ...

Sled dogs are primarily still mixed breeds and that genetic mixing helps give them the traits that they need to make it through racing. Musher Ken Chezik and his team race along the Alaska Sled ...

Dating back to the 1930s, the breed was developed for traplines. “You’d have a sled dog team and you’d go from trap to trap, and they were purpose bred to stop and go and stop and go because ...

The University of Helsinki team looked at four breeds in this category ... which are very friendly. Sled dogs like huskies and malamutes. Just because these dogs aren't friendly does not mean ...

including a dog sled team crossing the treacherous Norton Sound as a shortcut. Balto is now believed to have been a hearty mix of many different breeds, though he looked a lot like a Siberian Husky.