STIHL Dogs & Logs World Championships

World-class athletes come in all shapes and sizes. And sometimes, those athletes have four legs, a fur coat, and a need to fetch. Combine these canine athletes with some of the world’s best lumberjack sports athletes, and you get an exciting and uniquely entertaining event: the STIHL Dogs and Logs World Championships.

The event, which airs on the Outdoor Channel, features dogs of all breeds competing in events like the Iron Dog Big Air, Extreme Vertical and Speed Retrieve. Then skilled lumberjack athletes vie for the title of "King of the Forest" in the Ironjack Competition. This grueling event pits eight lumberjack athletes against one another in six back-to-back events: axe throw, standing chop, single-buck, obstacle pole race, speed climb and boom run.

The event culminates in a truly unique discipline when the lumberjacks team with their four legged counterparts in the Dogs and Logs Relay Championship.

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