Weight Pull

Canine culture is starting a weight pull club in central New York!

If you have a strong dog, maybe one who even drags you down the street, maybe you and your dog would have fun getting involved in weigh pull!

Any breed or mix, large or small, can have fun weight pulling. It is not only good exercise, and great for draining excess energy and physical rehabilitation, but is does not require a lot of time, space, or money to train or compete.

We plan on having regular, informal training sessions once a month, where you will learn more about safe equipment and training, introduce your dog to pulling, and how to have fun doing it. You will also learn proper stretching and conditioning techniques as well as how to effectively reinforce good pulling style in your dog.

We will also have fun pulls where any novice can try, and win prizes, as well as occasional sanctioned competition events where you can earn working titles, and earn points for regional and international rankings. The sanctioned organizations we will be holding will be with the International Weight Pull Association (IWPA), and the United Kennel Club (UKC). Both organizations allow all breeds and mixes to compete.

If you are interested in finding out more about training sessions, fun pulls near you, or sanctioned events...

The supplier we use for for safe, well made equipment is:

Alaskan Dream Dog Equipment

www.theworkingcanine.com

Alaskandreammals@verison.net

Alaskan Dream is very experienced with all breeds, and in all of the sports they make equipment for. They are very helpful with sizing, and offer beautiful custom work.

They also have a great turn-around for ordered products, even the custom work.

I highly recommend them.

Weight Pull Club

Central New York Bulldoggers

CNYB (Central New York Bulldoggers) is a DOG club. It encourages responsible ownership, responsible breeders, spaying and neutering of pets, and training, exercising and enjoying your best friend.

CNYB will be holding sanctioned weight pulls, starting in September, under IWPA rules. CNYB is also seeking membership with the UKC (United Kennel Club) as a breed club APBT (American Pit Bull Terrier) in order to hold UKC weight pulling, conformation, and obedience, as well as eventually many of the other dog sports offered by the UKC, including terrier racing and dock jumping. The advantage of both the IWPA and the UKC is that, both allow dogs of mixed breed heritage, or unregistered dogs to compete.in sporting events.

As a weight pull club, CNYB offers membership to dogs of all sizes and breeds. The first consideration is a desire to have fun with your dogs, and to spend time around other dog people who do too.

Membership fees are $100 per year for 1 dog, an additional $50 per dog, per year.

If you are a member, you can attend all club practices for free and half price entries for Fun-Pulls. At least 1 practice and 1 Fun-Pull will be scheduled per month.

If you are NOT a member you are welcome to attend any scheduled club practice or Fun-Pull. Fees are $10 per dog.

A variety of sizes of harnesses are available for use at events. Assistance with sizing and measuring for a custom harness for your dog is always available.

Check out these sites:

http://www.ukcdogs.com/

http://www.iwpa.net/

Practices, Fun-Pulls, and sanctioned events

Practice/training sessions $10 per dog or free for club members.

Fun-Pull entries are $10 per dog or 1/2 price for club members.

Membership $100 for a year.

Please check back regularly and note changes!

For our pulling die-hards... with the exception of sanctioned competitions, if the temperature outside is below 15 degrees or above 90 degrees we will not have the scheduled practice or fun-pull. This is for the dogs comfort (as well as my own).

Practice:

Sunday February 14th, 12 noon

Sunday March 28th, 12 noon

at Canine Culture Training Center, email for directions

Fun-Pulls:

Sunday January 31st, 12 noon

Sunday February 28th, 12 noon

at Canine Culture Training Center, Oneida, NY 13421

for directions

Four IWPA sanctioned pulls this season at Canine Culture in Oneida!

Canine Culture Fall Challenge (IWPA)

September 12, 13, 2009