Jessie Holmes and his team of sled dogs successfully defended their Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race title this week, becoming the first musher to accomplish the feat in a decade.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
Her favorite pieces she’s written for Outside are about competing on the Discovery show Naked and Afraid, being a woman alone in the woods, learning to write, and mischievous sled dog Blowhole.
Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.
While advantageous to hunters who want to be hidden from their targets, such an outfit presents obvious difficulties for searchers trying to find someone who could be incapacitated.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
In April, Zillow released a list of metro areas where first-time house hunters may have a better shot at making a purchase.
Officers deployed a bean bag and sent a police dog to assist in the arrest.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Hulk, a police dog that took part in an operation in which 48 tons of marijuana were seized, poses in front of packages containing the drug and weapons in Rio de Janeiro on April 8, 2026.
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