Meet
Vickie Pullin
Vickie lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire and is a former member of the British Snowboard Cross Team. She is the leading female sled dog racer in the UK, holding multiple World Champion rankings. She competes sprint in 4 dog rig/sled, 6 dog rig, 2 and 1 dog scooter and 1 dog bike. Vickie first fell in love with sled dogs when working in Canada and Alaska and upon returning to the UK, it wasn’t long until McKinley her first husky of her own entered her life. Vickie now has a team of 41 dogs, who help her run her husky ride business. She has a mixed kennel of Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Huskies, Eurohounds and Greysters and a pet Collie and Labradoodle!
In 2023 Vickie achieved the life time dream of becoming World Champion, multiple times in multiple disciplines. Over the years that Vickie has been competing she has kept a constant top 15 in both Nordic and Open Sprint racing, drylands and Snow - competing in more classes than anyone else worldwide. Current British Ranking is 4 Golds and Silver over 5 different classes.
Vickie’s passion and love for her dogs is evident, she inspires her dogs to greatness. Never a bad or harsh word, these dogs run because they love what they do and they trust and believe in the human guiding them. Her appeal stretches beyond sled dog sports and she has done more than any other UK musher to put sleddog sports on the map. Vickie is committed to encouraging and inspiring others and runs training camps, as well as offering training scholarships to young mushers to learn all about dog care and how to run dogs.
Anybody who knows Vickie or has watched her race will have seen first hand the outstanding dedication and energy that she puts into both her and the dogs training and preparation. There’s pro, then there’s Pullin Power Pro, every detail is checked and double checked. Off-season hours are spent honing bike skills and pumping iron, nothing is left to chance on this journey to success. Win or lose at the end of the day, the dogs come first and as long as they are happy to give it their all – so is Vickie.
