If it’s the FIRST one this year, does that mean it’s expected each year that a number will die?
Aspiration Pneumonia?
Maybe those that don’t give a #### should catch it themselves and then run a race in the cold to see how it feels.
This isn’t hunting.
I don’t know what this is.
Poor dog. I’m not even a dog fanatic like some, but I feel sorry for the animal.
The dog inhaled his own vomit and couldn’t expel it. She died which is sad. Why is your tone so angry and bitter? It is sad, it disqualifies the guy from his finish, but it is after all his dog.
Do you feel the same when a horse breaks its leg and is destroyed? Horse racing will go on forever because the ELITES are the ones who perpetuate the race.
I for one, think it is cruel to neuter dogs, and slander those who sell puppies without papers and credentials as owners of “puppie mills”. BITD, we used to call them Uncle Bill, Neighbor, or friend. Dogs were practically free, they were rarely purebred, and frankly better and healthier animals.
You may want to study up on these athlete dogs before pontificating further. They thrive in the cold and actually struggle in warm weather.
The harnesses only put about five pounds of pressure on the dogs.
The musher, like most breeds, raises and trains all his dogs himself. These dogs are not mistreated in any way, shape or form.