https://www.themushingclub.com/home daily 1.0 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/1578497864982-E9VO0OMJ2Z5NQ6EHNPYK/IMG_0941.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/a2b92d14-9e1b-408e-9f40-afe26d99c415/Screenshot+2024-02-15+at+7.25.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Home - our purpose To introduce students and the public to the sport of dog sledding while promoting responsibility, dedication, and organization to all and everything involved in the sport and accompanying opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/e399272c-af74-4942-a4a1-94a44fdca3d2/_T2A0985-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg Home - personalize your experience Whether you’re looking to join us for some weekend mushing and quality time with our canine athletes or you’re hoping to someday run a sled dog race, we strive to provide you with a unique, personalized experience centered around our core principles. https://www.themushingclub.com/what-we-do daily 0.75 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/1658810266052-H6NUT6ZSK9IV3G0AIME5/CopperDog03062022006.jpg What We Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/1578330751428-IO8WL38A1A05AWCLTKQE/20190127_164001.jpg What We Do - It all started when… Adam Schmidt, a second-year chemical engineering major with a passion for mushing approached Tom and Sally Bauer, owners of the Otter River Sled Dog Training Center in Tapiola, MI and asked for an internship. He began running competitively with the Bauers and raced in several events including the CopperDog 150. Adam then decided that he wanted his fellow students to be aware of the same opportunity he had engaged with, so he reached out and found Claire Hendricks, a forestry major, and together they started the Mushing Club at Michigan Technological University, the only known collegiate mushing organization in the nation. In its first year, the club entered seven rookie mushers in race events like the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in Duluth, MN, the UP200 in Marquette and Gwinn, MI, and the CopperDog 150 in Calumet, MI. The club gained a fair amount of publicity and established many valuable connections with others within the mushing community from all over the country. Racing only encompasses a small amount of what the Mushing Club does. If you were to try and get involved with sled dogs outside of the mushing club, you would probably approach a kennel owner and work out some sort of a deal to be able to run dogs. The expenses and time that it would take to engage in the sport competitively would require a lot of persistence and dedication. The Mushing Club looks to preserve that process for its core qualities but expedites it to make it a more attainable opportunity. Our definition of mushing is rather loose. If you are a student who needs a break from the stresses of college and would like to spend some time outside with some of the best canines on earth, then as far as we are concerned, that’s mushing. From time to time we’ll have large groups of people out to the sled dog kennel for bonfires. Some people have no interest in getting dragged by a team of eight overly-excited sled dogs and would rather help out with kennel chores and play with puppies. Others however experience that flare in their eyes as they take a team of dogs into the upper peninsula forest. Our most dedicated members get their homework done early enough to make it out to the kennel after classes to hook up teams by the light of a headlamp in sub-zero temperatures and several feet of snow. It then turns in to a friendly competition between those students to see who can be most qualified to run a race. Recently our club has started to expand to dryland with bikejoring, canicross, and scooters. Several of our members use kennel dogs as well as their own personal dogs. You pick your involvement with this club, and other than a small participation fee, we never ask for more than you are willing to give up. It is truly an opportunity that anyone can experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/6dffd454-0ddf-4435-ba8a-db4665ce2588/Screenshot+2024-02-15+at+7.19.28%E2%80%AFPM.png What We Do - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themushingclub.com/otter-river daily 0.75 2023-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/1658810967489-ZS2N8866B5L2ADF6MS0D/Steven.jpg Otter River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/54bb7886-7f0d-4316-bef8-c4e274bcc741/dogsled++202301140209.jpg Otter River - Home to over 60 huskies… Tom and Sally Bauer’s humble abode welcomes individuals from all over the nation. Over 20 years ago the Bauer family became acquainted with the sport when their pet Siberian huskies ran away and attacked the neighbors chicken pen. Little did Tom know that the owner of the chickens was an old-time musher. In order to pay back the damages caused by his loose dogs, Tom agreed to start hooking them up to a sled. Before long, he found himself heading down the trail on the very first UP200 sled dog race. Their business offers a wide array of family-friendly mushing opportunities including sled dog tours and camping trips all year round. Both Tom and Sally have graciously welcomed a host of young mushers to their kennel including the Mushing Club, which was founded under Tom and Sally’s unconditional support. The kennel itself is home to over 60 Alaskan huskies, which are a bit different than the well-known Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes. The Alaskan huskies are built for competitive mushing with bloodlines containing traces of Siberian huskies, greyhounds, German shorthaired pointers, and German shepherds. They all thrive in an outdoor environment and seem to prefer the worst parts of winter rather than the best parts of summer. Their fur is layered with a dense undercoat protected by guard hairs which keeps them warm even in sub-zero conditions. Their metabolism works like magic and allows them to run up to 1000 miles before tapping in to their fat and glycogen reserves. But food is an upmost priority, and the dogs are fed two large meals a day during the peak of racing season. Those meals contain a mixture of high-performance kibble and raw beef or chicken and is either fed warm or cold depending on the dog’s activities prior to feeding. The energy that the dogs put forth into running is truly awe inspiring and if you’re able to witness a run first hand, you’ll be shocked at how excited the dogs are to pull the sled. If you would like to learn more about how these fantastic canines get geared up for a race, be sure to watch the video below to see how the Bauer family prepares to enter a team into the CopperDog 150. https://www.themushingclub.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/1658811975346-ZS4XBL5SVOQDROJBM2GA/0M6A3446.jpg Contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/44dc52f9-521b-4e0c-881a-b68daf29b08b/Screenshot+2024-04-18+at+12.17.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Contact - Ben Amat - President - baamat@mtu.edu (269) 332-6119 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/63648bf6-ac7a-411a-8f69-32623cae62c5/Screenshot+2024-04-18+at+12.20.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Contact - Brynn Santi - VICE President - besanti@mtu.edu (906) 450-0859 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0270472a11646407b2cdcc/da3f183b-9ab0-4244-b979-c7a94a5b347a/0M6A3806.jpg Contact - Tom Bauer - otter river kennel owner - 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