#dallas seavey

[akdogdriver]

More Dallas & his leaders in Nome

#iditarod #dallas seavey #dog mushing #the last great race #working dogs #sled dogs #alaska #iditarod 2024

[tonichelleak]

Dallas Seavey at the Ceremonial Start and ReStart of Iditarod 52. Dallas. Seavey. The kid that believed he was on a trajectory for an Olympic career and not a dog mushing one. Oh, sure, he was like many others of his generation who not only grew up in the presence of many great mushers - all the while helping his dad build a successful racing kennel - but one who watched Iron Will and tried to recreate many of the scenes from the movie... but as he often told tourists - he had no desire to make it his life like his dad had.

Then injuries sidelined his Olympic wrestling dream (was on his way to making the 2008 USA team) so he came home and continued helping his dad build monster teams.

After a while running the puppy team just wasn't enough. Puppy teams are competitive and if you know Dallas even a little bit you know the dude is extremely competitive.

He studied like he was working on a Masters Degree. No one knows the science and stats of the race more than Dallas. Guarantee it.

He won his first title in 2012, then again in 2014, 2015, 2016... took a break after his second place finish in 2017 (we won't rehash the whys) and came back in 2021 to win it again (granted the shorter "Gold Loop Trail" - thanks Covid - but he battled the Rainy Pass Pony Mafia so it still is a huge accomplishment). His '21 race meant he tied for most wins, sharing that record with the legendary Rick Swenson. Swenson was one of Dallas's childhood heroes... and Dallas had broken or tied just about every record Rick had.

This year, Dallas won number six. He is the winningest Iditarod Champion.

It wasn't easy. In November he and two of his handlers took teams out on a training run. His handler running many of Dallas's top dogs was hit by a snow machine. Dogs were killed, some injured with career ending, life altering injuries. The mushers were physically all fine, but mentally... mentally it took a while to feel "normal" on the runners.

Dallas borrowed dogs from his dad to make a competitive Iditarod team, it wasn't ideal - but he'd done it before. The Ceremonial Start and ReStart seemed to go on without an issue. Crowds cheered the musher on and he quickly slipped into the routine.

Monday of race week rolls around. Dallas' birthday. Early that morning an aggressive moose plowed into Dallas' team, the only thing for the musher to do was dispatch the moose. If you've followed the race you know what happened next. Dallas did not properly gut out the moose, one of his dogs was injured but it wasn't noticeable right away (dog is fine now), he was penelized for the improper dressing out of the moose. Dallas was not going to win.

Then things changed in the second half of the race. Teams who decided to try to outrun Dallas who was already dealing with time penalties pushed too hard, too long, too soon. Dallas caught up. And then Dallas did what Dallas does.

And now Dallas Seavey is the only six time champion in the history of the race.

That's a wild ride. (see what I did there? no, oh, well.... you can find out what I mean here.)

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[ask-hetalia-alaska]

We have a winner!! Congrats to Dallas Seavey's 6th Iditarod win! Dallas' time came in at 9d 2h 16m 8s. 4 others have finished, good luck to everyone still out on the ice.

#non hetalia #alaska #iditarod #annika speaks #dallas seavey

[sergeifyodorov]

Dallas Seavey just reached halfway☝️BTW!!!!

#iditarod #iditarod lb #dallas seavey #generational talent of dogsledding etc #you will never be susan butcher!!! #(he is on track to be better than susan butcher)

[wausaupilot]

Your letters: PETA calls for end to Iditarod

Dear editor, Your profile of musher Amanda Otto ignored the very real cruelty associated with the Iditarod, in which more than 150 dogs have died since the event began. Before this year’s race even started, five dogs were killed in incidents involving snow machines and another eight were injured. Two of the dead dogs were from 2024 winner Dallas Seavey’s notorious kennel. During the race,…

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#Amanda Otto #animal cruelty #Catie Cryar #Dallas Seavey #Iditarod #letter to the editor #opinion #PETA #sled dogs #Your letters

[triplesaturn]

DALLAS SEAVEY FINISHES 1st. (source)

#iditarod #iditarod 2024 #Dallas seavey #dog mushing #mushing #dog sled #dog sledding #dogblr #dog

[petnews2day]

Moose encounter leads Iditarod racer Dallas Seavey to dispatch animal on trail

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Moose encounter leads Iditarod racer Dallas Seavey to dispatch animal on trail

Five-time champion Dallas Seavey drives his dog team across Long Lake during the Iditarod restart in Willow on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN) Five-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Dallas Seavey shot and dressed a moose that was tangled up with his dog team early Monday morning, less than 24 hours […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/oLi3t #DogNews #AnimalEncounterIditarod, #IditarodDallasSeaveyMoose, #MooseKillIditarod, #WildlifeEncounterIditarod

#animal encounter iditarod #iditarod dallas seavey moose #moose kill iditarod #wildlife encounter iditarod #Dog News

[danielseaveyupdates]

#wdw updates #daniel seavey #introducing daniel seavey #tour photos #dallas

[snarkaeologist]

I follow sled dog racing because for two weeks a year you get time-delayed updates like "The front-runner had to punch a moose, no injuries reported" and then a little while later "Dallas Seavey had to kill the moose, but don't worry, we've dispatched state troopers to salvage the meat."

No other sport delivers storylines like this.

#iditarod #alaska #sled dogs

[celticjade13]

Does everyone know what's happening in the Iditarod this year?

Quick refresher course: The Iditarod is a 1000-ish mile (1520 km according to Wikipedia) sled dog race held annually in Alaska. It's not abusive to the dogs, the dogs love to run. Most of the problem comes from getting the dogs to stop running.

Dallas Seavey is a 5-time winner, going for his record 6th win. A musher on the trail before him encountered a moose and punched it in the nose. (There is no more information than this.) Dallas encountered a moose (possibly the same moose) that injured a dog on his team. He was forced to shoot the moose.

Iditarod rules state that if a musher kills an edible big game animal, they have to gut it. No other mushers can pass while they're doing this and they're supposed to help gut the animal. The meat goes to the nearest town in Alaska to be eaten, so the moose is going to feed a lot of people.

The race officials, after picking up the dead moose, determined Dallas didn't do a good enough job gutting it and penalized him 2 hours. Everyone has a mandatory 24-hour rest period that they usually take right about now, and he has to wait an extra 2 hours before going back on the trail.

How does one go about gutting a moose? No idea! What makes a moose gutting job not good enough? Also no idea! Is this something Iditarod mushers learn before they go out on the course? Apparently not! But it makes for tons of fun for those of us following online. 😂

Also, most importantly, the dog that was injured was treated and is on her way back home.

#iditarod #moose

[akdogdriver]

Congrats Dallas Seavey & team

...despite receiving a two hour time penalty from race officials determined to keep him from breaking Rick Swenson's record, he still pulls off a record 6th win.

#iditarod #alaska #the last great race #dallas seavey #dog mushing #sled dogs #working dogs

[tonichelleak]

Before the Aliy Zirkle vs Dallas/Mitch Seavey rivalry, there was the Susan Butcher vs Rick Swenson rivalry.

Before you really hate on Swenson, he and Susan actually got along really well. He was even in her wedding to David Monson.

#susan butcher #rick swenson #dallas seavey #mitch seavey #iditarod #mushing #musher #sports rivalry #iditarod 1991 #butcher vs swenson #alaska #sled dogs #alaska sports #winter sports #dog sports

[darkwood-sleddog]

ngl i am side eyeing iditarod officials a bit for them penalizing dallas seavey for not "properly gutting" the moose the he shot to protect his team. the rule about gutting downed animals does not define what "properly gutted" means. He gutted the moose and i myself would have also eschewed "properly" gutting a dead animal to ensure my dogs were okay (especially relevant knowing Faloo was critically injured, but is now home safe).

i understand the spirit of the gutting rule (saving meat for surrounding communities and in general low/no waste of resources), but it needs to be weighed against providing dog care which imo of this situation should absolutely take precedence.

#iditarod #sorry like....iditarod as an organization has a lot of eyes on them i know this intimately #but it's weird to penalize for having your dogs take precedence imo #like dallas did run further up the trail after gutting the moose and camped for a bit before proceeding to the checkpoint #likely to check each of his dogs in detail to assess potential injury #and to reset and water them to make it safely to the checkpoint after such an encounter #at least he's first into cripple but also allegedly ran 420 miles straight without rest himself? bruh #it just blows my mind that with all the criticisms from outside sources #that iditarod will penalize for this and say for the mushers that one year recently that sheltered their dogs against a storm #like i understand the 'why' of the rules' #but iditarod's greatest scrutiny is of dog care #so why make mushers providing proper care to dogs take penalties #make it make sense

[sergeifyodorov]

listening to dallas seavey is like. this guy doesn't shut up but his mind also clearly shuts up even less. and he's always looping back to things they talked about twenty minutes prior and adding on. and making connections that both make no sense and are perfectly logical. and never have i resonated so much with someone i would a hundred per cent want to throttle should i ever meet

#dallas seavey #iditarod #self recognition through the other (derogatory) and all of that

[grison-in-space]

between the furry paws thing and a very non-doggy friend reporting to me that the Iditarod has been derailed because one musher had to punch a moose and Dallas Seavey subsequently had to shoot, kill, and field-dress what may or may not have been the same damn moose, after which another musher ran into the carcass, it has been a pleasantly surreal night not even gonna lie

[triplesaturn]

Dallas Seavey is going straight through to Nome. 3 minute stop at the Safety checkpoint. (source)

#iditarod #mushing #dog sledding #Iditarod 2024 #dallas seavey