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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.
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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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