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Musher Brandon Theriault, back, takes newly arrived guide Camon Rain for a training run Feb. 5 at Ultimate Dog Sledding Experience in Canton. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Panda, a Euro Hound, bred especially for dog sledding, eagerly awaits to get on the trail. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Sarah Garland cuddles with Kenai at the front desk in the yurt as she and her team of mushers wait for clients. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Musher Brandon Theriault carries Icarus in the parking lot as they wait for a client. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Dogs look out from their specialized enclosure in a double-decker pickup truck in the Ultimate Dog Sledding Experience parking lot, anxiously awaiting their turn to run. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Jaime Clark is surrounded by dogs before she and her sister experience their first ride. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Clash, a Eurohound, peers out the window as passengers arrive. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Kenai nuzzles up with musher Alex Theriault as he and other mushers and guides wait before clients arrive. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Alex Theriault carries Hero in the parking lot while waiting for clients at Ultimate Dog Sledding Experience in Canton. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Sigurd, an Alaskan Husky, peers out the window as clients arrive for dog sledding. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Musher Alex Theriault steers his sled as Jaime Clark, front, and sister Shylah Clark set off on an excursion in Canton. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...