The First Police Dogs in the U.S.
The first dogs used for police work in the United States were introduced in New York City and Glen Ridge, New Jersey, during the first decade of the 20th century. […]
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Working Dogs
Dog Puncher and Chinook Breeder Arthur Walden
Arthur Walden’s experience during the Yukon Gold Rush gave him a lifelong passion. He loved working with dog teams, and he soon saw that hauling freight to the miners by
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Balto and Togo, Two Great Sled Dogs
Balto and Togo became famous lead sled dogs for their parts in the Alaskan “Race of Mercy” in 1925. This was the successful effort to deliver badly needed antitoxin serum
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Unalaska, Lead Dog on Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Unalaska, a lead sled dog with the Admiral Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928-30, showed bravery and intelligence at every turn. Despite icy barriers, gaping crevasses, massive swirling snowstorms, and sub-zero
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Polaris, Peary Sledge Dog Descendant
Polaris was a puppy when Ernest Harold Baynes, an American naturalist and writer, visited Admiral Robert Peary at Eagle Island in Casco Bay near Portland, Maine in 1914. When Peary
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Sled Dog Team Travels from Nome to D.C., 1907
A sled dog team making its way from Nome, Alaska, to Washington, D.C. in 1907 grabbed headlines across the nation. The trip was 8000 miles through snow drifts and grasslands
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