CALUMET - A scary moment during the CopperDog 150 sled dog race in Michigan's Upper Peninsula had a happy ending this weekend after a musher used his emergency medical training to save a dog that was choking.

Anny Malo of Quebec, whose team came in second place, shared the rescue story Sunday during the race awards banquet.

Malo's team was about 25 miles into the first leg of the 150-mile race when one of her dogs stopped breathing. Malo thinks the dog reached down to grab a bite of snow and instead got a chunk of ice caught in its throat, WLUC reported.

Malo was trying to help the dog when another competitor, Frank Moe, saw what was happening. Moe, of Minnesota, used his EMT skills to revive the dog, blowing air into its nose. The dog spent the rest of that leg of the race tucked safely in Malo's bag on the sled.

On Sunday, Moe got a standing ovation from the crowd as well as a Good Sportsman Award, according to The Keweenaw Report. His team finished in 11th place.