twigsandleavesplz t1_iu5hqn2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:19 PM

Reply to comment by BasedChadThundercock in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219

Oh, so you’re a musher or work with a musher, so you know this firsthand? Or do you just live Anchorage/Willow, etc. yourself? 🤔 Having been to the Iditarod and being on these sled dog properties has proved the theory that they live this great life on the end of a chain when not running — wrong.

I don’t know, man. Mushers house sick, distressed dogs with no socialization, enrichment and bullshit shelter through frigid temps and weather.

Running to your death, choking on your own vomit, breaking a limb, or suffering from hypothermia in order to make big bucks for the human seems pretty gross to me.

BasedChadThundercock t1_iu5k2m1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:34 PM

I'm a trucker from Kodiak and knew mushers, owned a husky myself. They were born and bred to run, it's so engrained into the fabric of their DNA as to be instinctual.

Running, pulling, and working brings these dogs great enjoyment in life.