Funny little story: The other day I was at a family members house with my team. This was on Thanksgiving. Which was actually my birthday. So I spent the day at their house running dogs for a bit. (because friends and family wanted to see the team in action). I had my team all ready and my Uncle wanted to have his Alaskan Malamute get put into the team. So I got out a VERY LARGE harness, put it on the dog, and put it in wheel position. Now, this dog weighs about twice as much as any of my other dogs, and is very sweet. Once we started to get going, IT JUST SAT. :lol:
On the other hand, Arcgrace (who is on these boards) has a rescued black lab that is on her team. It has one of the biggest drives and heart I have ever seen on a dog. It thinks it is a husky!
Moral of the Story: just because a dog is of northern breed, doesn't mean it is going to be an automatic professional sled dog!