Run By Dogs Training and Rehabilitation

04/01/2025

8 years old but still a baby ❤️

04/01/2025

Coco and Annika ❤️❤️

03/23/2025

The last event for the 2024-25 season happened yesterday!
The first booking came in for the 2025-26 season came in too!

03/21/2025

Come celebrate the March chilly air with sled dogs and fun at the Sharon Springs library! No snow? No problem! We can still mush with wheels 🐺🐺🚀💨💖

Have no fear!
Our Library Sled Dog Day event will be rescheduled for Saturday, March 22nd from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Children ages 2 and up are invited to enjoy a brief sled dog ride. The ride, pulled by 1-2 leashed dogs, will be preceded by a short informational talk and is provided by Run By Dogs free of charge.

03/06/2025

Our season is wrapping up!
The month of March is typically reserved for community educational programs.
December and January we offer rides. This season we gave 181 folks rides. That's about 100 miles my amazing dogs traveled just giving rides. We had guests locally and as far away as Australia, Spain and Africa! Lots of hugs, fist bumps, squeals, singing, giggling and smiles.
Best moments for me:
1. Very loud, very big, very boisterous adult man with mental and physical disabilities yelling at the very very top of his lungs MUSH ! The sled dogs were very concerned until I had to yell equally as loud MUSH GOOD DOGS over and over so they knew our guest was happy. So I can imagine what our neighbors though was happening.
2. 9 year old girl driving her own team with full confidence and control as a veteran professional musher. That kid is going places and I'm so proud to know my dogs are a small part of her huge life.
3. My handler Kerry catapulting herself onto the back of my moving sled, break neck speed, just for the fun of going sledding. No fear, just Olympic athlete abilities. No joke...she launched onto the back of the sled runners while I was flying by at maybe 12mph. What would have happened if she missed her landing? I don't want to think about it. The sled runners are more narrow than skis, she was on icey snow, all I can assume was her brain was partially frozen from helping me all day. Her full time job is farming. My takeaway: farmers really are secret ninjas.

03/03/2025

Sunshine is patiently waiting for spring time bugs to arrive

03/03/2025

Harvey 💗

03/03/2025

I go for walks. Bane sniffs, pees and sniffs while I walk 🤣🐕

03/03/2025

Woods walk for Ollie today 🧡❄️

02/20/2025

9 years old, first dog sled ride. She was super confident, great balance and a good listener. So I offered her the chance to drive a 2 dog team and she nailed it. That kid is going places!

02/19/2025

We had the privilege of taking Glory, Queen of the Rainwings, for a dog sled ride today 💜❄️🐲🐉

02/18/2025

This winter's dog sledding season has been amazing! It's not done for our dogs , but we are fully booked for the entire season.
Mush love, with so many thanks, for sharing your family with my family this season.

02/17/2025

Sharing this to show off the visual differences in huskies. We tend to think of huskies as what we see in the movie, Eight Below. Almost every guest I have here for sled rides ask what kind of dogs i have. Are they collies? Shepherds? Lab mixes?
Nope. Siberian and Alaskan husky. Siberians have specific breed standards and are 35 pounds to 60ish pounds. Alaskans are not considered a "breed" but rather a type of dog. They tend to be more slender and taller, weighing 35 to 70ish pounds.
My smallest dogs are in the 30ish ranges to my biggest are 65ish pounds.

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Balto was a Siberian Husky who became famous for his role in the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy. This life-saving mission involved multiple sled dog teams working in a relay to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum across Alaska to Nome, where a deadly outbreak threatened many lives. The journey, covering approximately 1,085 kilometers (674 miles), would normally take 25 days by mail, but the sled teams completed it in just over five days, braving extreme -40°C (-40°F) temperatures, blizzards, and treacherous terrain.
Among the many sled dogs and mushers who participated, Togo, led by Leonhard Seppala, played a pivotal role in the mission. Togo and his team covered the longest and most dangerous distance—420 kilometers (261 miles)—over thin ice and harsh winds, making him one of the true heroes of the journey.
Balto, under the guidance of musher Gunnar Kaasen, led the final 85-kilometer (55-mile) stretch of the relay, delivering the serum to Nome. Since he completed the last leg, Balto received widespread public recognition and became a symbol of the heroic effort. A statue of Balto was later erected in New York City's Central Park, honoring the sled dogs’ bravery.
Although Balto became the most famous dog from the Serum Run, Togo and other sled dogs were equally, if not more, instrumental in the mission’s success. Together, these heroic animals and their mushers helped save countless lives, securing their place in history.
Credit to the respective owner ✍️

02/15/2025

❄️ 🐕 ❄️
Last year, we had the pleasure of hosting Kate Walrath of Run by Dogs who spoke about dogsledding right here in Schoharie County.

We’re excited that Kate is back to provide a special experience for our community’s children.

Join us for a brief talk and then watch as your children experience dog sledding first hand!

Special notes:
*children must be able to comfortably fit in the sled
*waivers must be signed before participating

02/15/2025

The trails are groomed for an epic day of dog sledding tomorrow! This is the creme de la creme of snow folks! It can't get much better ❄️🐕😍

02/13/2025

My beautiful dogs are in the paper ! 💜❄️🐕🥰

02/12/2025

Our amazing local library is once again inviting us back to offer rides and snow much fun with our dogs 🥰
And bonus: it's free!!

02/10/2025

Sunset run. Mush love.