Crufts 2024 Results
Crufts 2024 was 4 days of dogs from around the world, vying to be crowned Best in Show, in the Worlds Greatest Dog Show. On a personal note, we took along one of our Siberian Huskies, called Mackey, registered name Northernwolfs Comeback Kid (named after Lance). He was entered in the Junior Dog class and […]
Merry Christmas
We would like to wish everyone a magical Christmas from everyone at the Northernwolf pack.
The Alaskan Malamute – Yesterday and Today
“The Alaskan Malamute Yesterday & Today”, by Barbara Brooks and Sherry Wallis, is generally regarded as not only one of the best Malamute reference books there is, but probably the best. It is the definitive guide to owning, caring for and loving an Alaskan Malamute, with chapters covering every aspect of living with this fabulous […]
1907 Beaufort Inupiat Alaskan Malamutes
This photo was taken around 1907 of the Beaufort Sea Coast of Inupiat with their Alaskan Malamutes Notice the width and thick bones. Perfect features for breaking trail and pulling heavy, heavy loads. These draft dogs are the product of their environment and work. Joe Henderson
Training with Joe : Stay Command
We are pleased to be able to bring you a selection of thoughts on training working Malamutes by non other than Joe Henderson, the Malamute Man. The STAY Command In a previous post we discussed the stop command. Now, as I promised you, we’ll talk about the “stay” command. “Stay” is the big one. Very […]
Training with Joe : Stop Command
We are pleased to be able to bring you a selection of thoughts on training working Malamutes by non other than Joe Henderson, the Malamute Man. The STOP Command When our dogs hear the command to stop, he or she should think that the only reason in the world that they stop has absolutely nothing […]
Joe Henderson – Malamute Man
Derived from a lifelong passion to explore the Arctic by dogteam, Joe Henderson and his team of malamutes has taken dogmushing and Arctic exploration to a new level. Never in recorded history has anyone traveled solo for 4-5 months in one of the most brutal environments on earth with a dogteam without resupply, or even […]
Sled Dogs Crufts Results 2020
Congratulations to all the sled dog breed exhibitors that took part in this years Crufts at the NEC. Below are the full results from Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Canadian Eskimo Dog, Samoyed & Greenland Dog. Congratulations go to the owner of the Samoyed which took Pastoral Group 3 with Ch Nikara Diamond Dancer JW Siberian […]
Great Northern Sled Dog Walk 2017
We started the Great Northern Sled Dog Walk back in 2012 with a sponsored walk over the Humber Bridge in Hull. We raised £2570 for the charity Ruddis Retreat.The event was televised on the local news and was reported in many of the local papers. We have since repeated the walk a number of times […]
Introducing the Alaskan Malamute
When you first see an Alaskan Malamute, it’s easy to be impressed by his large stature,