John Houghton, the owner of Thunder Mountain Dog Sled Tours - Lake Placid, NY 
Lake Placid looks to improve sled dog safety
This village’s board spoke for more than a half hour at its meeting last week about whether new laws should be implemented to further help protect people and sled dogs during operations on the Mirror Lake ice in winter.
Trustee Jason Leon shared with the board a letter from a concerned resident who recommended to the board that they consider setting a minimum temperature for dogs to be out sledding on the ice and consider mandating straw or hay for the dogs to lay on during especially cold temperatures. The resident also had concerns about the sleds operating on ice that isn’t safe due to a lack of thickness and recommended a minimum of a foot of ice to be present on the lake before allowing the dogsleds atop the lake.