Article: Husky at the head of the pack in Eugene dog show.(Animals)(Hair spray keeps the fur from flying as 5,500 canines - sorry, no ducks - strut their stuff at the Lane Events Center)

Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard

It's great to be a husky in Eugene.

At least it was Sunday for Jovo, a 2 1/2 -year-old male Siberian husky who was among the winners in his breed Sunday during the final day of the Emerald Classic Cluster dog show at the Lane Events Center.

"Huskies are athletic and that comes in handy because I like to play in the snow," said Jovo's owner, Gwen Ross of Maple Ridge, B.C.

Playing in the snow might be an understatement. Ross is a recreational musher who takes her six-dog team on treks across mountain meadows at Mount Hood and Mount Baker and near Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. She and her dogs have ...

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