Dog Driver: A Guide for the Serious Musher

Learn how to: select dogs, build a team, train and condition, choose harnesses, sleds and equipment (AND how to repair them!), understand your dogs behavior, and care for them, including dealing with injuries on and off the trail. The Collins explain how to train and condition a team for all types of racing, recreational mushing, and work. How to make money with a dog team, how to prepare for a wilderness expedition, and lots more. Interwoven with amuzing incidents from the authors' own experiences in the Alaskan bush.