Sled Dogs | Life Below Zero 

Dogs thrive when they're given jobs to do that's what they were bred to do and they enjoy it look at their faces when they run... a poor dog is a husky stuck in an apartment in Ontario

Specifically, Huskies are notorious for being runaways and wanderers. It’s literally bred into them to travel long distances. It’s written in their DNA. An unhappy Husky is one who doesn’t have a job or enough exercise. These dogs are living the dream and the HUMAN doubters are only projecting their own point of view onto a species not like themselves. So very human of us to do...

A working dog is a happy dog. They dont give a shit if the job is to catch a frisbee or pull a sled. You can just see in their body language they really want to "do the thing". Its not like hes got a whip lol purely verbal encouragement

Amazing dogs dedicate their whole life for their humans.

Having a pack of sled dogs is like having your own little pack of domesticated wolves who follow your commands and protect you instead of trying to kill u. Ain't that neat? Dogs are pretty cool creatures.

For the idiotic people here. The dogs are born and WANT to run......thats why they act crazy when they get hooked up to the sled. Also the dogs have thick and warm coats and are bred that way so they don't need to come inside. The dogs are treated well and are fed and treated with great care so they can keep running.

I visited a dog sledding place in fairbanks alaska with my mom. These dogs are unreal. It was like -25 degrees that day and the dogs are just outside leashed to their pole in the freezing cold with only a little doggy house they each had. But they seemed perfectly fine and comfortable.

It's incredible how strong they are and how far they can run. And they are beautiful. It's like looking at a wolf.

Man's best friend. These are bad-ass dogs.

I have been asking myself if I should respond to some of your concerns about sled dog racing. The Siberian Husky was bred to work and race. The Malamute was bred to haul sleds filled with equipment, food, etc. There are many areas in Alaska that you cannot get too in the winter except by sled or now they also have the snow mobiles. Most of the Alaskan Huskies has up to 1/4 wolf in them and some of them will bite you as well. My father started sledding at the age of 8 and by age 10 was in his first sled dog race in Canada. He had many Seppala dogs, the most famous one was Timmie of Gatineau who was a single lead dog and pure white. I remember Timmie as a little girl and he was so beautiful and he truly loved training and racing. I would play with him too. We were lucky enough to have a lot of land whereby we kept most of the dogs in our backyard. The entire area was all fenced in so we could let them loose and go away for the day. They all had nice boxes and long chains so they could run around in their own area and also jump up on the box where we would put their dinner. In the summer, starting in late April, we put all the dog way up into the woods. They had no boxes but would dig big holes in the dirt to make their beds and the earth was cool as well. We were lucky enough to also have a stream up there to dam up and that is where we got their water. We had probably 40 dogs with 2 litter of pups each year. When I got older, it was my summer job to take care of all the dogs and the mom with their new pups. It was a lot of work for a small girl. Feeding, watering, cleaning up around all the dogs, preparing hot meals for the weaned puppies who would be put up into a huge pen, loose, plus hauling water up there as well. None of these dogs were ever ever abused. My father at this time raced throughout New England and Canada. Eventually, he started getting into the Alaskan breed and sad to say many of those dogs he bought had been abused. You could just tell from the way they acted when you would approach one of them. With lots of attention and love, their personalities all started to change but one thing I learned early on, never ever let one go. We would probably never find them. If any of you would like to learn more go to Google and type in Leonhard Seppala. He was born in Norway and played a part in the run to Nome, Alaska. He had a lead dog at one time who was quite famous and his name was Togo. Enjoy!

They look so happy when they run!!!! Love seeing them being so excited❤️

Sled Dogs= HEROES They saved the children in 1925 Nome, Alaska. Truly amazing animals!

Who's here after watching TOGO? #2019

When you're a good boi but also a cold boi 2:22

I have a Siberian Husky and when he is at a full run I can barely hang on to my industrial recumbent bike. His speed is amazing. Greetings from South Florida. Not a dog you can train really he just figures things out on his own.

Beautiful, strong, reliable dogs! Indeed, man's best friend! Take good care of them.

so glad to see the happy and proud look on these cuties' faces hope they are treated with much love and care which they totally deserve

1:29 "You look so excited!" *clearly has why-do-I-have-to-go face*

Huskies are awesome and hardworkers love them all.

If anyone has a husky or any type of husky breed try putting that dog in a harness and going on a long board for a ride so how much they would love it compared to their walk around the block

Such beautiful creatures.

Beautiful animals.Man's true friends.

Amazing! Beautiful dogs with a caring knowledgeable trainer.

Dogs are the most precious and wholesome creatures on earth

This video has a long shelf life. It never gets old. Unlike doggos who eventually die but I hope they've passed on their genes to the next generation. Our 4 rescue dogs have gone over the rainbow. Hope they all meet.

The absolute best way to preserve animal's is to make them useful to humans. To me the dogs in this video look healthy and happy.

After watching the TOGO trailer RU-vid: you need this too 😅

haha I did that with two pups of mine, so much fun to watch them chase the team. That is until they get right INTO the team and get all tangled up. "Heyyy we want to be with our buddies!!!" LOL

I have mixed feeling about sled dogs because they spend much of their lives separated from each other and tethered on short chains. However, scenarios like this make me more optimistic that sled dogs can still receive enough socialization, mental stimulation, exercise, and companionship to live happy lives.

As Young Ones ourselves growing up in the North , we we taught to Run & Train our young Siberian Huskies by the time they were 5 months old .. never before that age .. EVEN THOUGH , THEY WANTED TOO !! But it is in their D.N.A. TO RUN !!! There was times , that , some of the other older Huskies would chew them off their traces & take THE PUPS Running !! As the Powers that be , Oh !! this is the Truth !! We would have to jump into a 4/4 & track them down , they were running !!! with the Pups !! Once they heard Us , they would head off into the Bush & Run along side of us !!! Once the Pups became Fatigued , the others stopped & just sat down , licked the Pups .. Brought them down , to us , sat beside the River .. Pawed the Young , not to drink to fast .. The Run WAS OVER Ah , the Nature of these Wonderful CREATURES !! Pure LOVE !! So many Valuable Lessons can be learned from them ~~~

Such beautiful dogs.

huskies are our favorite dog breed! Very nice looking dogs here

So precious

Got to do some dog sledding in Canada, I've never seen a human be as excited for their job as sled dogs are.

They are so happy to be running. My border collie could never hold up to this.

OMG I love howling so much.... I loved watching them howl. So great. :D

awesome the dogs love it

Thank-you

Hike! Gee! Haw! Woah! I know the commands! I cant wait to be a Musher! Siberian Huskies are just amazing!

I love seeing these dogs working and running and helping out like they were made to do, its so sad to see the companies that use them just to make a profit off of tourist.

How incredible to lead dog , will never forget the tracks even hundreds of miles away, they can still run with zero visibility. .

I have a Siberian Husky and an Alaskan Malamute. I live in Minnesota, our winters are cold, but summers get very hot, sometimes 90 degrees in July and August....so you must keep them in AC, or in the shade with a fan blowing on them.

Hopefully Jack's welcome into the sled pack isn't as rough as Balto The Wolf Dog's was. 🤣

They are cool and cute at the same time.

they love running, and the cold. just not extreme wind

And the dogs LOVE this, wagging tails while on the sled = happy pups :) you know this though

Such good doggies

Siberian Husky is my favorite dog breed!

Wow the best sled dogs on the planet

Andy treats his dogs a lot better than those on Yukon men do! You can tell by looking at these dogs, they're healthy and happy! They eat that attention up getting loved on! The ones I saw on Yukon men are starving and abused!

Definition of "Teamwork"

that's amazing!

Great video. that proves how man's inadequacies are dependent on the endurance of these dogs ( and their willingness to cooperate). It's been proven the dogs can reprogram" their bodies' responses to stress, something humans can't do.

elan broke down good thing I have a dozen huskies

I love dogs

AWESOME!!!

I can't wait to move out to Alaska

Amazing!!!!

A dog is mans best friend, and this video proves it.

Awesome dogs 🐶 💕

Fantastico!!!!!!!GRANDE Jack!!!!!!!!

Awesome!

Omg so cute😆😍😍😍

so cute love my husky shepp she looks like a sled dog

This makes me so jealous where I live right now it is 102 degrees out 🙀

Jack is so cutee

It's amazing 👌♥️ from India 🇮🇳🙏

Buck from the call of the wild made an amazing sled dog

We humans shoud be more greatfull to have such loyal animals by our side.

Good dogs

Just watched "The Call of the Wild" film. Anybody else?

The dogs obviously love to pull and love their owner. My concern is what they are doing 90% of the rest of the time: tethered to a short chain. Yes they love to run, but do they love to spend most of their time tied to one place.

i wish i could sled but i live in Texas and Tennessee. When i'm in one state it snows like a blizzard, when i go to the said state, there is no snow at all... i hope i can sled one day, get my own big plot of land where there are horses and just breed dogs and train them.

I remember the movie,the zero below

I came here after watching the film...Togo 🐺

who is here after Togo ???

Omg and we see these poor dogs here in India where it's 100 degrees plus. So sad 😞

Super

Togo got me here 😃

Bawled my eyes out watching togo

Togo trailer brought me here. Too unreal till it became real.

3:17 LMAOOOO

May I ask what breed or mix of breeds Jack is? We had one like him years ago that we were gifted by a neighbor and I always wondered what his heritage was.He was the best dog I ever had too!

I love reading ur weird but true books at school

I’ve never done this sport

Like you know what a Corvette drives like... lol

this is why they were bred

I am here because of BAlto

I hope they have rest. They seem happy together, their beds are small

Do they sleep inside off the snow ?

They are built for this.

I have such a strong urge to do dog sledding, but how can one get started without moving to Canada and buying and training eight dogs? I live in Illinois and have owned a Siberian who recently passed after 15 amazing years together, and man did that dog love running. They are the most amazing animals I've ever dealt with and want to work with them where they are truly in their element, any advice short of just uprooting and finding a community up north?

I wanna live in the Yukon and that’s how I wanna live

Granite the dog is a legend.

Well maintained machines are reliable

Its so nice to see people who treat their dogs right, there are so many bad examples. Please dont EVER go on a dog sled tourist tour. those animals do not necessarily have a good life.

What breed of sled dogs is this? They seem to be bigger than Siberian huskies and some of them look more wolfish than Alaskan Malamute.

Could have shown this PERFECT video to my third grade class, except you cuss in it. Dang it!

Its God's Will - He created so many types of animals and dogs especially I believe have a purpose to help humans in various ways. In fact dogs are not really pets but have a working function either like these sled dogs or to guard farm animals etc. Most important is that they are given enough food and rest and love - and a useful function. Nothing wrong if we dont use them as "pets" . In fact its a waste not to use their useful traits as long as we treat them well.

I'd I had to live out here in the frozen sticks I would have a ton of doggos too.