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Sled dog racing brings out competitiveness, fun
By Jason Arndt
where mushers and dozens of dogs race a 300-mile event, Musher dogs are not B Squared Racing focuses on only competitive – they are sprint events. powerful and playful creatures International Sled Dog – all traits Daniel Bocock has Racing Association and the experienced in his nearly 10 International Federation years racing the animals. of Sleddog Sports serve Bocock garnered his first as sanctioning bodies exposure to the racing circuit overseeing spring racing when he met his wife, Ailena events. Baum, whose family has been Events include involved with mushing for competitions on dry land and about 22 years. winter terrain racing. “We met about 10 years Dry land racing includes ago, she got me in the sport,” carts, bikes, running on foot said Bocock. “This will be my while winter racing includes ninth season.” the familiar sled. Bocock and Baum, part The dogs, according to of a B Squared Racing, have Bocock, are bred specifically four dogs at their home in for mushing and include Burlington, Wis. and another Alaskan Huskies, German three at Ailena’s sister’s house Shorthair Pointers as well as in Rhinelander. Greyhound Pointer mixes. Bocock’s dogs consist of “They are nothing but Nev, Nell, Ginger and Dusty. muscle,” said Bocock. “They What attracted him to the are bred specifically for this sport, Bocock said, is the sort of event.” strong bond with his animals, Training, diet regimen camaraderie with other mushers and the thrill of being Bocock and his wife pulled at 30 miles per hour on spend up to five days a week bicycle, which is another form training the dogs, running with them along area trails, of racing with the dogs when serving the dogs a high there is no snow. protein diet to prepare for “The big thing for me, is that I found it to be extremely competitive events typically exciting to be on a bicycle and held during the fall and winter. a dog is pulling you up to 30 The couple uses a 25-mile mph and you are just flying,” Bocock said. “It is absolutely loop near their house, but amazing how fast you can go. oftentimes visit Richard Bong It is almost scary sometimes.” State Recreation Area in the Town of Brighton, where Racing styles they train with the dogs in the While most people are fall. familiar with the Iditarod Trail See SLED DOGS, Page 5 Sled Dog Race in Alaska, STAFF WRITER
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Daniel Bocock guides dogs, Nell and Nev, during a winter sled race in Michigan.
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