Episode 40 - Vickie Pullen x Pin Drop Pod: "For the love of dogs..."

 Vickie Pullin is a semi-professonal dog-sledding Athlete, and a former member of the British Snowboard Cross Team. 
She is the leading female sled dog racer in the UK with 4 gold and 5 silver medals and is the reigning World Champion on dry land and snow.

Vickie has 46 dogs in total! A combination of Siberian huskies, Alaskan huskies, Collies. She has worked extensively in Canada & Alaska and her journey began when at the age of 20, she got a husky and took the leap into setting up her own husky business.

With no government grants or lottery funding available, Vickie is entirely self-funded, or secures corporate sponsorship to fund her sport. 

We talk about:

* The personal sacrifices Vickie has made to make her dreams a reality
* The future of husky sledding and whether it could ever be an Olympic Sport
* What her 'average' day looks like (spoiler alert, there is nothing average about it!)
* Dog training, dog welfare and the physical training Vickie has to undertake 
* Vickie's personal motto for success: nothing less than HARD WORK
* Her Everest

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Thanks for listening!
Vicki