Mentor
List: Europe
Updated:
21 February 2014
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Name: Karl Heinz Luschützky
Hometown: Weisskirchen
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: distance, sprint and general
E-mail address: - pending-
Phone: 00 43 664 180 6446
Experience: I have been keeping, breeding, training and racing Alaskan Huskies
& Hound-crosses for 20 years. I won several championships including the
European in 88 in sprint and the Vice-European mid distance champion in 96.
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Name:
Racheal Baily
Hometown: Leicester, England
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: distance, recreation, sprint and general
E-mail address:
rachealbailey33@hotmail.com
Phone: 07921136975
Experience: I have 23 years experience owning and working large
breed and spitz breeds. I have been canicrossing and bikejoring for nearly
13 years and dryland mushing for 6 years. I already run weekly training
classes and assist with a mushing permit scheme at my local training ground
in the National Forest. I own Canadian Eskimo Dogs and
Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs and am the only female musher in the UK to
compete with large teams. I have a wealth of experience in canine nutrition,
dog care, kennel management, breeding and sled dog training in many
disciplines.
Name: Elaine Burroughs
Hometown: Salisbury, Wiltshire
Will mentor by: e-mail
Will mentor in: recreation and sprint
E-mail address: ElaineBurroughs@hotmail.com
Experience: We run small teams ( 2-3) of Malamutes and occasionally Siberian
Huskies in recreational events mainly on dirt in the UK. We also do backpacking and
scooter training. Any questions on training specific to Freighting breeds is welcome. Our
Kings amongst Dogs can average over 11 miles an hour in 2-3 mile sprint runs.
Name: Matt Hammersley
Hometown: Cirencester, glos, UK
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: recreation, sprint and general
E-mail address: learn2climb@hotmail.com
Phone: 07778534124
Experience: I have 7 years experience with running Siberian Huskies in the UK and
am willing to help any beginners get started and learn the ropes in my local area.
Name:
Gary Orton
Hometown: Weston-super-Mare,
Somerset, GB
Will mentor by: e-mail
E-mail
address:
gary.orton@homecall.co.uk
Will mentor in: recreation
and general
Experience: I have been Bikejoring daily for over 10 years with
various breeds.
Name:
Vickie Pulin
Hometown: Gloucester,
UK
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
E-mail
address:
vickie@arcticquest.co.uk
Phone: 0796794758
Will mentor in: recreation
and general
Experience: I worked with 150 dogs in Alaska and now run my own husky
ride company in UK, now working with huskies and mixed breed sled dogs.
I would like to try and help people work their dogs making them more
manageable and with a clearer understanding of what these dogs are about.
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Name: Juraj Bognar
Hometown: Vassieux en Vercors, Drome, France
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: recreation and general
E-mail address: jiri.bognar@wanadoo.fr
Phone: +33603983784
Experience: I have my first dog in 1987 now I’m a professional musher with
20 dogs: Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Huskies in southeast of France.
Exchange of experience by mail or phone.
Name: Catherine
Mathis
Hometown: Cheillé, Touraine, France
Will mentor by: e-mail and in person
Will mentor in: distance, sprint and general
E-mail address: cat.mathis@free.fr
Experience: I have almost 15 years in mushing, first in sprint races, our
kennel has been 9 times French champion, sprint 6 or 8 dogs teams, and MD. We now race
long distance races: in France LGO, and in Sweden and Norway. My website http://palutok.free.fr My blog http://dufurrendezvous.multiply.com
I can give some advice by email, or new mushers can come and train with me, and anything
else that can help the new mushers.
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Name: Daniel Bachmann
Will mentor by: email
Will mentor in: sprint
E-mail address: bachmann.df@gmx.de
Experience: I am training sprint-dogs for 15 years, all classes
(including Alpentrail 300 km) with Euro-Hounds. Visit our web site at www.bachmann-brothers.de
Name: Thomas
Gut
Will mentor by: email
Will mentor in: distance, recreation, sprint and general
E-mail address: waldschrat.adventure@t-online.de
Experience: I'm running dogs now for 20 years. I finished successfully in
around 100 races in sprint and middledistance in the open class, including some
championsips, 2nd and 3rd places. I own the first mushing school "Waldschrat's
Adventure Company" in Germany and some of my students become World and European
champions. I own around 50 dogs, mostly Alaskan Huskies. My homepage is www.waldschrat-adventure.de
Name:
Michael Tetzner
Hometown: Burg/Dithmarschen, SH
Will mentor by:
email, phone and in person
Will mentor in: distance,
sprint and general
E-mail address:
Michael.Tetzner@t-online.de
Phone: 00494825 901930
Experience: I am racing since 1988 in all
classes. Experience in Alpentrail and racing in sprint all over the world.
Kennel size 50-60 dogs.
www.michael-tetzner.de We welcome newcomers for
training and sledding.
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Name: Giovanni Casadio
Hometown: Ravenna, Italy
Will mentor by: e-mail and in person
Will mentor in: recreation and sprint
E-mail address: littlejohn@southpole.it
Experience: I have five years experience in sprint racing (4 dogs) with Alaskan
Huskies. Particularly I've a good experience in gig races. I manage a kennel of 13
dogs and I organize the Adriarod, an International Gig Race in our Pine forest. I'm the
president of the local club South Pole Italian Sleddog team.
Name: Ararad Khatchikian
Hometown: Tarvisio, Udine, Italy
Will mentor by: e-mail
Will mentor in: distance, recreation, skijoring, sprint and general
E-mail address: ararad@ararad.net
Experience: 21 years of mushing experience with Alaskan Huskies. Alpirod,
Iditarod, Yukon Quest, Transitalian, ESDRA & IFSS European Sprint and MD Races.
Manager of the International Mushing School and Responsible for Sleddog Schools and
Promotion in the Italian Federation of Musher Sleddog Sport. Check www.ararad.net
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Name:
Marek Janc
Hometown: Poznan,
Wielkopolska, Poland
Will mentor by:
e-mail
Email: marekjanc@gmail.com
Will mentor in:
distance, recreation and sprint
Experience: I have 2 years experience with my 2 Siberian Huskies
(bikejoring, sled mushing with
4-6 dogs with friends dogs).
Name: Marco Taylor
Hometown: Beja, Portugal
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: skijoring and general
Email: marcotaylorlanca@hotmail.com
Phone: +351914965500
Experience: Racing since '98 with Samoyeds. Now I also have a
cross one. I manly do Bikejoring and sometimes Canicross and Skijoring. As English is not
my main language, I prefer to help persons who speak Portuguese.
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Name: Catherine Lewis
Hometown: Fife, Scotland
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: distance, recreation, sprint and general
E-mail address: catherine@wayreth.co.uk
Phone: 01382 553513
Experience: I have 17 years' experience in dryland racing both sprint and
mid-distance. I have two teams of Siberian Huskies and as I am disabled have a
particular interest in adapting equipment for different musher's needs, but I am just as
happy to help anyone!
Name:
Wattie McDonald
Hometown: Aberdeenshire,
Scotland
Will mentor by: e-mail, phone and in person
Will mentor in: distance, recreation and general
E-mail address:
wattiemcd@hotmail.com
Phone: 01569 764494
Experience: I have been mushing for over 10 years with our
kennel of Siberian Huskies Also completed
Iditarod 2010 with all 16 dogs. I would like to
help promote Iditarod and distance mushing here in Scotland.
I think that my dog team management is first class and new mushers
would benefit from my guidance as dog care is top priority.
Name: John Stewart
Hometown: Aviemore, Scotland
Will mentor by: e-mail
Will mentor in: recreation, sprint and general
E-mail address: nugz2003@hotmail.com
Experience: I have been training dogs since I was 6 with my mother and
father in Scotland. Now 20, I have been all over the world racing and training dogs. I
work mostly in sprint conditions and with hound-cross Alaskan Huskies.
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Name: Jet Abbink
Hometown: Follinge, Sweden
Will mentor by: In person
Will mentor in: Recreation, skijoring, and General Questions
E-mail address: jetabbink@hotmail.com
Phone: 0046703815146
Experience: I work since 1998 with sled dogs started with racing
but decided to continiue with weektours with only 2 or 3 guests a week also
for people with disability we like to take on our tours.
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