Dog whip

Engagé with an Indian dog sled at Fort Clark. Watercolor by Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied 1833

A dog whip was until the 20th century a whip to chastise of dogs , with a long handle and a long, braided belts. It was carried on the hunting bag or the chase belt. When the dog whip was three to four feet long that you could crack it on horseback, it was called a hunt (parforce) whip. A dog whip was also used to drive and chasten sled dogs that were harnessed to a dog sled , for example in races . The Eskimos use the dog whip to steer the sled dog teams by hitting the ice to the right and left of the sled to keep the dogs on track. Today mushers no longer use whips, but direct their dogs with commands.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dog whip in Pierer's Universal Lexikon from 1857
2. ↑ Norbert Rief: 60 degrees: When there is a fire in Alaska: One of the best mushers in the world comes from Lower Austria. Now he's competing in the toughest dog sled race in Europe for eight days. , The Press, Jan. 12, 2013
3. Jump up ↑ Dog Sledding: Canadian Arctic - On 36 Paws Across Ice , Die Welt, March 12, 2008

This article is based on a text in the public domain from Pierer's Encyclopedic Dictionary , 4th Edition from 1857–1865.
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