General History : Raised and exhibited in much of North America and Europe, the Alaskan Malamute is a popular dog for home sledding.
In the harsh and bitter cold, dogs were the only domestic animals that could survive.
As dogs of the North have been an essential part of the northern people's culture since the Stone Age.
Because most northern tribes were nomadic, they could not have existed without their dogs to move their belongings from place to place.
The Alaskan Malamute was developed by a tribe of nomadic Inuit people called Mahlemuts who lived in the upper part of western Alaska.
The Alaskan Malamute is a popular dog for home sledding. They are
very powerfully built, the body is slightly longer than its height, moving the center of gravity back, which allows powerful leaning into heavy load.