Public Education Presentations:

One of the many things the Puget Sound Siberian Husky Club is involved with is Public Education. This is done in several ways. We have information for the public to view such as this web site. People contact us through our Public Education Co-ordinator and through breeder referral directories like the one hosted by the Siberian Husky Club of America.

Another way is hosting our regional specialty where the public is able to see dogs, that represent the standard, compete for their championship or compete at the breed level. We do live presentations at Breed Information Booths in conjunction with All Breed Dog Shows and other venues to give the public a chance to see these wonderful companions/athletes up close.

And in this case we brought the dogs to the public. We were asked if we could do a presentation for a group of 1st and 2nd grade students at Nautilus Elementary School of the Federal Way School District. The students where studying the upcoming Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Their main question was “How do the dogs stay warm?”. Well the best way to answer that question was to take them dogs so that they could run their hands through the fur, feel how sturdy the dogs are built and see that they could carry a load. See that they were well mannered and listened to their handlers. And hear the dogs talk to each other. They also had a chance to look at the type of equipment used by dog sledders, whether it be for recreational sledding or competitive racing.

Joanne Lee, club president, started the presentation by introducing Amanda Lee, Joanne’s daughter and Junior Handler, and Susan Scofield, a volunteer dog handler for the 2005 Iditarod. Joanne began to tell the students about the Siberian Husky and how they are similar to other dogs they would see on the Iditarod trail and how they are different than the popular “Alaskan Husky”. Susan answered many questions about the upcoming race. Amanda helped answer questions when the students broke up into smaller groups and had a chance to get up close to the dogs.

This was a wonderful time for the students as well as the dogs. We look forward to doing more of these presentations in the future. 

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Joanne Lee answers question about the Siberian Husky Breed.	Susan and Amanda Lee share 2 Siberian Husky Puppies with the class.
Susan Scofield answers questions from students about the Iditarod.	Puppies are so cute!
3 month old Siberian Husky Puppy is the center of attention.

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