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'08/'09 Season Training Logs

'08/'09 Season Training Logs, Jul '08, Aug '08, Sep '08, Oct '08, Nov '08, Dec '08, Jan '09, Feb '09, Mar '09

UKC weightpull (3 legs 20x bodyweight on rails = UWP)-- Great Smoky Mtn Dog Club & Working Dog Association on Oct 18-19 Athens, TN, AND Nov 8-9 Jeff City. Three months to train for 4 pulls. $21 register dogs with UKC, $20 first dog, $15 second dog, etc. After basic title, can work on Champion weightpulling titles, points for percentages, placements, etc.

No idea yet who will pull and who won't. Will start with a truck tire and work on basic commands, familiarity with the process, harnesses, tugging, breaking loose and head down. Work up to pulling to the store (Chattin Market) & back which is 1m each way..... not sure it is even possible with 1 dog pulling the tire, but 3 months to find out. Have a scooter for cardio work outs, but it is WARM WARM WARM. Need to pull around 7a to keep the temps down, can't help the humidity, before that it's pretty dusky and we'll be close to the highway working.

Going to attempt to pull 1 dog/day through July/August, teams in September/October on the scooter later for cardio and when it's cooler and they have a LOT more harness experience.

Note to Self (NtS): Hadn't run in harness for 2 winters between my injuries and warm temps. This year, hope to get WTD on 3y Clay, 2y Brady, 1y Amak, & 3y Sera, 2y Tori, 2y Honey, 1y Parka, 1y Music, 1y Karma & 1y Rtic -- worry about that in November after the weightpulls are over and I have some harness trained dogs to splice into teams.

I'll be working 3 boys, 3 girls -- Maestro, Clay, Brady and Sera, Tori, Honey -- Sunny & Storm are busy with puppies and the GSMDC promises a spring show with weightpulling...

	Maestro (75#, 5y in September) has pulled at the 06 NS -- spun a lot, acted foolish, manic when he was unsure of himself -- but did manage to pull 1000# on wheels
	Clay (70#, 3y) is Kotzebue and has a heritage of working, but he's very laid back and almost soft
	Brady (80#, 2y) is Storm Kloud, Nanuke & Czech -- for sure the SK dogs in his ped are pullers
	Seranade (82#, 3y) is a goof, I'm hoping for another Egret in working ability but she's SILLY and can stress, as evidenced by July Rally Advanced 84 & fell apart the next day -- I didn't teach her heeling enough, but she stressed and shut down like Tom has done. Back to heeling!
	Tori-nado (77#, 2y in October) is a tough broad, hardheaded and I hope to turn that into stubbornness in harness. Hasn't had much training since puppy school & Beginner's with Honey below.
	Honey Bear (67#, 2y in December) is a Marine, will see if I can get her to want to pull

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Wayeh Alaskan Malamutes last updated 12/18/2009

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