The dogs need your help to keep history alive!

Meet the 2026
Mushers

Shawn McCarty

Isabella, MN
My wife Kristen and I have a kennel of 30 dogs, 18 are race dogs and the other 12 that don’t have what it takes to race, or at least not anymore go on freighting trips for us taking folks into the BWCA to winter camp or fish. I also enjoy riding my bicycle, fly-fishing and bow hunting, but mostly I just run dogs and work on all the broken things I have associated with running dogs.
KENNEL NAME?

Hauling Dogs Kennel

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START RUNNING SLED DOGS AND HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED?
I was 23 when I started working for White Wilderness Sled Dog Adventures, taking people on dogsled trips.

The “goodest” dogs
Need your help

What a sled dog looks forward to most after a long day of racing is a nice bed of straw! But guess what happened at last year’s race? Someone stole all our straw right before the race start! Thankfully, great fans like you helped us out during the final hour to provide this vital supply for our amazing dogs.

These dogs simply are the best – and we want to be able to continue treating them that way! Donations from fans like you make that possible. Would you find it in your heart to help us out? No amount is too small in sled dog world!

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