Not what we hoped for.
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 2/25/08
We arrived in the Spray Lakes area for our dog sledding trip with Howling Dog Tours. Upon arrival everything seemed awesome, our driver was excellent and it was a fab day. We unloaded off the vans and were greeted by a guide. The guide did a small un-informitive speach and wished us a fun trip. We didin't learn much about the dogs nor driving, we were then loaded into sleds and watched as the guides ran dogs to the line to be hooked up. We understand a lot about huskies and this Alaskan Husky breed they use, but I don't agree with how thin all the dogs were. All the guides were trying to justify that they are just lean but when you can see ribs that's just not healthy! We were passing another outfit on the trail and the dogs were not that thin. When I asked the guide why those dogs were not as thin he replied that they are a different breed. That is just rediculous, no breed should be skinny! The ride was ok but very flat and we didn't get to drive, you could only drive with a guide and they didn't let us do anything but stand on the back. Maybe it was just a rough patch in the season but non the less it wasn't what we hoped for.