I think in the case of huskies, it's a little different because they're doing insane distances for the iditarod. I agree just breeding for looks will never do any breed good. However the saying "form follows function" should also still be true. I feel some dogmen are so consumed with gameness that they disregard conformation. All things being equal (although it never is), the dog with better conformation will win.

I feed mine 2x a day always from when he took him home at 4.5 months till now and will always feed him 2x a day. I fed him about 2-3% of his estimated full grown weight (so about 240-260 grams of meat, organs, bones, and fruits 2x/day + egg, veggies, kefir,and salmon oil which I don't count towards the 240-260g).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNHsIAbdyx0 here's a video on the original bulldog by Robert Leighton. I agree, when you bred for performance it's unclear whether the terrier was added or not. I just felt there certain strains that have the terrier look more so than others.