Taking a break between events at the Siberian Husky Club of GB Aviemore Annual Sled Dog Rally. XMM 4534-428
One of the main events is in Glenmore where hundreds of mushers compete against each other. Sled Dog racing is the world's fastest growing winter sport and Scotland's where it's happening. There are over 150 competitive teams in Scotland comprising of Siberian Huskies; Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, Eskimo Dogs and purpose bred Eurohounds. These dogs are elite athletes as well as beloved pets, and they live to run. The sport takes place on Forest tracks (kinder on the dog's feet) and there are races and training areas from Dumfries and Galloway in the south to Invernesshire in the North. The largest Sled Dog race in Europe takes place each January in Aviemore. Siberian Huskies share many outward similarities with the Alaskan Malamute breed as well as many other spitz breeds such as the Samoyed, which has a comparable history to the Huskies. Siberians have a thicker coat than most other breeds of dog. It comes in a variety of colors and patterns, usually with white paws and legs, facial markings, and tail tip. The most common colors are black and white, grey and white, copper-red and white, and pure white, though many individuals have brown, reddish, or biscuit shadings and some are piebald spotted. Striking masks, spectacles, and other facial markings occur in wide variety. They tend to have a wolf-like appearance. Though the breed is not related to the wolf any closer than any other breed of dog, it is thought they maintained this appearance through isolated breeding of Siberia. A blue-eyed SiberianSiberians' eyes are brown, or blue. Light blue eye color is characteristic but not completely dominant. The breed may have one eye brown or hazel and the other blue (called "bi-eyed") or may have blue and another color mixed in the iris of one or both eyes; this latter trait, heterochromia, is called "parti-eyed" by Siberian enthusiasts. This is one of the few breeds for which different-colored eyes are allowed in the show ring. The Siberian Husky is one of the few dog b
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Location: Glenmore, Aviemore, Strathspey. Inverness-shire. Highland Region. Scotland.
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