Welcome to the Week’s Review of Canine Social Media
Welcome to this Special Feature on the DoggieU K9 Blog for an update on this weekâs dog-related media and social media from around the world. There are so many stories. Here we will share some of the best stories this week.
Enjoy & share them.
Mush! It’s Time for the Sled Dogs to Carry on a Long Alaskan Tradition.
Location: Â Denali National Park and Preserve
- Denali National Park is the only US national park with a kennel of sled dogs.
- Visitors can meet the dogs, but they’re not there for entertainment.
- The working dogs are canine rangers with important duties in the park.
According to the kennel’s manager, “We have had dogs almost continuously for the past 100 years here at the park,”  noting theirs is the only sled dog kennel in the entire federal government.
The park’s very first employee purchased the first sled dogs in 1922 to help mark the park boundary, build patrol cabins, and go out to tell gold miners they could no longer harvest sheep and caribou from the park to feed their crews.
Are dog sleds still used today?
For much of the year, when there is snow on the ground, Denali’s sled dogs help rangers access 2 million acres of federally designated wilderness in the heart of Denali, where only hiking, skiing and dog sledding are allowed to keep the area as pristine as possible.
The reason dog sledding is allowed is it was done on this landscape by Alaska Native peoples for thousands of years before this was a national park, so dog sledding is recognized as a traditional mode of travel.
He noted that in the 1930s, a dog team could be found behind just about everyone’s house, but there aren’t many now.
“So when visitors come in and say, ‘Oh wow, there’s 32 dogs here? They’re canine rangers, and they work for the government?’ they hear the story about this tradition of dog sledding on this landscape. And here we are, helping to preserve that cultural heritage.”
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Beware of Dog-friendly Restaurants With a Second-story Deck!
A recent social media blog tells us a funny story when visiting a South Carolina Brew Pub.
The writer discusses spending a Fall Saturday visiting a tourist-oriented small town with a love for dogs. A main attraction was a popular brew pub dedicated to local farming and agricultural heritage â and some tasty burgers â with a large outside eating and drinking area. Of course there were people and dogs at every table, enjoying a lovely day.
The busy restaurant encompassed two floors – which included an outside deck at ground level and an overhanging outside deck on the second level.
So, while waiting for a table and standing under the second-story deck, the writer noticed what felt like rain drops. The sky was sunny and clear. Well, it wasn’t rain and it wasn’t a spilled water glass from the second deck. It was something else!
The moral of the story is Beware of Dog-friendly Restaurants With a Second-story Deck!
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Some wonderful dog situations from Social Media
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