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CHIEN ATTELE [3 records]

Record 1 2021-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

Team dogs are those between the wheelers and the swing dogs, and add power to the team. A small team may not have dogs in this position.

OBS

Team dogs make up most of a big [dogsled] team like the ones in the Iditarod. Any dog can run as a team dog.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
DEF

Chien membre d’une équipe de traîneau à chiens qui est attelé entre les chiens de tête et les chiens de barre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
CONT

The idea of dogs running around isn't a new one, but attaching them to their human who does their best to stay upright and keep up is a sport that's growing in popularity. Canicross, as it is known, is the best performance enhancer we can think of.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
CONT

Le canicross est un sport canin attelé [...] Le coureur est relié par un harnais à son chien qui tire à l'avant, pendant que son maître suit à la course derrière. Il est aussi possible d’en faire avec plus d’un animal.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pets
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Sports - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux d'agrément
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Sports - Généralités
OBS

chien attelé; chienne attelée : termes tirés du mini-lexique «Droit animalier» et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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