This creates a conflict of interest, because mushing often endangers the health and sometimes the life of these dogs. The permanent chaining of dogs is prohibited in all cases when federal law applies.
Dogs drink water containing flakes of rust.
Instead, they are people with a strong allegiance to the mushing community and the Iditarod. Race veterinarians provide pro-Iditarod statements that are part of a strategy of promoting mushing and portraying it in a favorable light. Never intimate that the stress and exertion of running might be factors. Encourage people to think of sled dogs as being similar to human athletes. Raise no questions about how the dogs are treated in their kennels or during the Iditarod.