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Girl Scouts (Jr.) Badges                                        

                         & Brownie Try-It Patch

  

& Husky Power's Own Badge

               & Husky Power's Logo Patch

                                                                                             

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Alaska Council Who Developed the Requirements

and Sells the Badges (we sell them also):

Girl Scouts Susitna Council

3911 Turnagain Blvd. East, Anchorage, AK 99517

907-248-2250, 800-478-7448

Fax: 907-243-4819

Email: susitna@gsscak.org

Susitna Home Page:  http://www.girlscouts.ak.org/site/c.hsJSK0PDJpH/b.1806483/k.BE48/Home.htm

Susitna Patch Book:  http://www.girlscouts.ak.org/home.htm

Alaska Scouts:   www.girlscouts.ak.org

 

 

     DOG MUSHING BROWNIE TRY-IT                                        $2 each

      Level: Brownie                                          

 

Requirements: Complete 4 of the following activities:

 

1. Talk with a musher or visit a kennel. Learn about what is involved in caring for, raising and training sled dogs (or read the entire book: Born to Pull).

2. Read a mushing book or have one read to you. Suggested reading: Born to Pull (an excellent resource on mushing at a kid’s level.), Kiana’s Iditarod, Balto, Storm Run (Libby Riddles), Danger, The Dog Yard Cat, North Country Christmas.

3. See a movie about mushing. Suggestions: Balto or Iron Will.

4. Attend a dog sled race (such as the start of the Iditarod, or the Fur Rendezvous races) or follow the Iditarod race progress daily on a map or the Internet.

5. Learn about the parts of a dog sled and basic mushing equipment.

6. View, ride on or mush a dog sled. Learn simple mushing commands ( i.e. Gee, Haw, On-By.)

7. Learn about dog safety. (Anchorage Animal Control has an excellent hand out.)

8. Write a story or a poem about mushing, draw a picture or make a model of a sled dog team.

 

Written by: Brownie Troop 316, Eagle River Service Unit.

 

 

  

   DOG SLEDDING JR. MERIT BADGE                                 $2 each.                                                            

 

   Level: Junior

 Requirements: Complete six activities:

 

1. Visit a kennel where sled dogs are raised. Learn about:

        - How to care for a dog and what it costs

        - When training begins and when dogs retire

        - What the dogs eat and how much

        - What is involved in the upkeep of a kennel

2. Interview a musher and find out:

        - What the dogs have to learn and how they are trained

        - Which breed makes the best sled dogs

3. Learn about what happens on the trail:

        - First aid for injured animals

        - What dogs eat on the trail

        - What a person wears on a trail

        - How weather influences sledding

        - How many dogs are on a team

        - How you rest on the trail and how fast can you travel

        - What is packed in a sled

4. Read a book about dog mushing or a famous dog musher. Or, see a movie about mushing.

5. Write an original story about dog mushing. Or, draw a picture, make a mural, or make a model of a dog sled and team.

6. Ride on a dog sled. Learn commands. Drive it yourself, if possible.

7. Watch a sled dog race.

8. Sponsor a musher for the Iditarod. Or, do a service project (make booties, collect food)

9. Learn the parts of a sled and dog-mushing vocabulary.

10. Learn all about the Iditarod Dog Sled Race:

        - When did it start and why

        - Where does it go

        - When is it held

        - Who has won it recently

        - How much can you win

     Or, draw a map of the Iditarod Trail. Label checkpoints; include a short description of the race.

 

 HUSKY POWER'S OWN DOGSLEDDING BADGE!        $2 each

 PERFECT FOR PARTICIPATION PATCH OR IPs.... 

 (Just add your own service project.)

 

HUSKY POWER'S OWN LOGO PATCH!   3" WIDE!        $3 each

 

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